[Intro] Dm C/E F Bb F/A Gm.. Dm C/E I never called you F and now it's too late.. Bb F/A to say all the words Gm F that I've wanted to say.. Dm the doctor said C/E F "oh, there's a fight up ahead.." Bb F/A I should've been there Gm F by your hospital bed.. Dm C/E so it rains every day, F oh, it rains every day.. Bb F/A Gm no, I haven't got the words to say.. [Chorus] Dm Bb how I wish.. I was.. F a better friend.. Dm Bb F C before.. it was.. too late.. Dm Bb I wish.. that I.. F would've been there in the end.. Dm Bb F C I wish.. I was.. a better friend.. Dm C/E I wasn't there F when you said your goodbye.. Bb F/A and I replay it in my mind Gm F bout a thousand times.. Dm C/E I wasn't therе F for those rivers you cried.. Bb F/A oh I was always too busy Gm F no, I didn't makе the time.. Dm C/E so it rains every day, F oh, it rains every day.. Bb F/A Gm I haven't got the words to say.. [Chorus] Dm Bb how I wish.. I was.. F a better friend.. Dm Bb F C before.. it was.. too late.. Dm Bb I wish.. that I.. F would've been there in the end.. Dm Bb F C I wish.. I was.. a better friend.. Dm C/E F and everyday I wish you were here.. Bb F/A Gm oh, every day I wish.. Dm C/E F oh, every minute of every year.. Bb F/A Gm I swear I feel you near.. near me.. [Chorus] Dm Bb how I wish.. I was.. F a better friend.. Dm Bb F C before.. it was.. too late.. Dm Bb I wish.. that I.. F would've been there in the end.. Dm Bb F C I wish.. I was.. a better friend..