NOTE: Chords listed are the chord shapes, not necessarily the actual chords because of the capo.
Capo on 5th Fret
Intro G
GDEm
No you never were one for resting easy were ya
CGD
So much that when they told me how you left us here behind
GDEm
That I didnt even bat an eye believing
CGD
In words I should have said to make you stay but couldnt find
CDGDC
I just hoped that road would one day watch you walk right back to me
D
Till then Ill be
G
Jet black and jealous
GDEm
And Ill dare not let em know that now youre gone
CGD
How Ill still be a fool for the way we used to be
GDEm
I just keep laughin out loud and play along
CGD
As if I traded you for one the way you traded me
CD
Cause with your beat up bag and your laced up shoes
GDC
You walked right out the door
D
And I hit the floor
G
Jet black and jealous
Chorus:
GCDm
Tell me how was I to know
GDm
Tell me how can I let go
CD
Well I know wherever you are tonight
GDC
You look just like a queen
D
Stealing the scene
G
Jet black and jealous
GDEm
And I bet by now youre rolling through Pittsburgh
CG
Watching the rain in passing headlights
D
From some roadside corner booth
GDEm
Still smiling bout the choices that you made
CG
Hoping the clouds are breaking up ahead
D
Skies blue instead of grey
CD
But if you get out there and you find
GDCD
That its not what you thought it'd be, remember me
G
Jet black and jealous
Repeat Chorus
CD
Yeah if you get out there and you find
GDCD
That its not what you thought itd be, come back to me
GDm
Tell me how
GCDm
Tell me how was I to know
GCDm
Tell me how was I to know
(Thanks to Jared Wright for tabs)