Blackboard of my Heart - Hank Thompson C G7 When I was young and I went to school they taught me how to write C To take the chalk and make a mark and hope it turns out right C7 F Well that's the way it is with love and what you did to me C G7 C I wrote it so you'd know that I was yours eternally G7 But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart C It's too late to clean the slate and make another start C7 F I'm satisfied the way things are although we're far apart C G7 C My tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart G7 If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone a-stray C Those tears would not have fallen down and washed the words away C7 F No need to talk cause if the chalk should write those words again C G7 C It will be for someone else not things that might have been