Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
Gm Bb
Head under water
Dm F
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
Gm Bb Dm F
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
Gm Bb Dm
Made room for me but it's too soon to see
F
If I'm happy in your hands
Gm Bb Dm F
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Gm Am
Blank stares at blank pages
Bb Am
No easy way to say this
Gm Am Bb
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
Chorus:
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
Cause you asked for it
F Bb
Cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
Cause you tell me it's
F
Make or break in this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm G
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better
Bb C Gm Bb Dm F
Reason to write you a love song today
Verse 2:
Gm Bb
I learned the hard way
Dm F
That they all say things you want to hear
Gm Bb Dm F
And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and
Gm
Your twisted words
Bb
Your help just hurts
Dm F Gm
You are not what I thought you were
Bb Dm F
Hello to high and dry
Gm Am
Convinced me to please you
Bb Am
Made me think that I need this too
Gm Am Bb
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
Chorus:
Gm
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
Cause you asked for it
F Bb
Cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
Cause you tell me it's
F
Make or break in this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm G
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better
Bb C Gm Bb Dm F
Reason to write you a love song today
Bridge:
Dm Am Bb F C
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
Dm Am Bb F C
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
Dm A Bb C
Cause I believe there's a way you can love me
Because I say
Chorus:
Gm
I won't write you a love song
C
Cause you asked for it
F Bb
Cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C F
Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
Bb Gm
Is that why you wanted a love song
C
Cause you asked for it
F Bb
Cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C F
Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm
If your heart is nowhere in it
C
I don't want it for a minute
Dm G
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that
There's a reason to
Bb C Gm Bb Dm F
Write you a love song today