C       Cmaj9   Dm7   Em7
I read by line by line by line
C          Cmaj9    F/C        Em
Some words of yours, some words of mine
Gadd9      F    Dsus4     G
Some sentiments are best forgot
Em7               F(add9)
Some letters read then folded shut


[Verse 2]
C          Cmaj9   Dm7     Em7
The profile on the postage stamp
C        Cmaj9   F/C      Em
I traced it by my reading lamp
G9         F     Dsus4     G
Remembered when I'd sit and wait
Em7                    F(add9)
Then marked our parting from that date


[Verse 3]
   C     Cmaj9   Dm7    Em7
I read by line by line by line
C        Cmaj9   F/C    Em
That old sarcastic Valentine
G9         F   Dsus4        G
That you denied you'd sent to me
Em7
Then took it back


[Chorus]
         F
It's a thought that we shared, a careless phrase
   Dm7
A curse or a joke, some words of praise
Bbmaj7
But I didn't write
               Gm
Did you wonder why?
           G
It was the easiest way to say "Goodbye"


[Verse 4]
       C      Cmaj9 Dm7        Em7
You'll see my photo beside the article
       C       Cmaj9 F/C       Em
"That's just some guy I used to know
G9       F
I was never his
Dsus4     G
He was always mine
 Em7               F(add9)
But I wrote him off by line by line"


[Outro]
    C       Cmaj9   Dm7     Em7     C       Cmaj9
By line by line by line by line by line by line
    Dm7     C
By line by line