Composed by Terry Anderson D A E A A D Hey, back when I was going to school D A I never learned a thing A E All I did was daydream E A And waiting for the bell to ring A D I had a certain teacher D A I always tried to impress her A E When she stood up in the classroom E A I would mentally undress her A D Then one day I decided D A That I would write a little letter A E She said the spelling was a masterpiece E A The punctuation could be better A D I understood what she was saying D A I got the gist of her sentiment A E She said I don't mean to be degrading E A But here's the way that it shoulda went chorus A D I love you period D A Do you love me question mark A E Please please exclamation point E A I wanna hold you in parentheses A D I love you period D A Do you love me question mark A E Please please exclamation point E A I wanna hold you in parentheses solo D A E A A D Oh! (Come on , come on) A D A E A A D When I went to highschool D A People said I was a writing fool A E All my letters became really great E A With punctuation that was never late A D But I was having trouble meeting girls D A I never knew what things to say A E Soon I had them all overwhelmed E A When they heard me talk this way chorus A D I love you period D A Do you love me question mark A E Please please exclamation point E A I wanna hold you in parentheses A D I love you period D A Do you love me question mark A E Please please exclamation point E A I wanna hold you in parentheses solo