Checkmate chords by Conan Gray

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
GbGb DbDb AbAb
GbGb DbDb AbAb

Verse 1:
Db5Db5
You think you're funny, right?
 GbGb           AbAb
Calling me drunk when it's too late at night
 DbDb          AbAb
Telling me truths that you know all are lies
 N.C.
Yeah, you think you're funny, right? (what?)
 GbGb
You think you're super sly
GbGb           AbAb
Flirting with them but telling me you're mine
GbGb          AbAb
Buildin' me up, but buttercup you lied
GbGb       AbAb
Now I'm gonna ruin your life

Chorus:
 GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
'Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
  DbDb              AbAb
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate
  DbDb               AbAb
Yeah, you may think you're winning but checkmate


Verse 2:
Db5Db5
Now this is getting fun
 GbGb           AbAb
I saw you kissing someone else's tongue
 BB   DbDb AbAb
You said that I'm the only one you love
 GbGb       DbDb Ab5Ab5
Baby, this is getting fun
DbDb       AbAb
I'll let you think you won
GbGb          AbAb
Date in the park, I'll play it super dumb
DbDb          AbAb
Holding your hand, but in the other one
 AbAb
I'm holding a loaded gun
  DbDb   AbAb
Yeah, baby you should really run

Chorus:
 GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
'Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
  DbDb              AbAb
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate
  DbDb               AbAb
Yeah, you may think you're winning but checkmate


Bridge:
GbGb        DbDb
And I'mma get you gone
         GbGb  DbDb
Can't play me like your pawn
         GbGb
Set fire to your lawn
DbDb            GbGb
Just like you did to my heart
 AbAb            GbGb
And I'mma wreck your car (and I'mma wreck your car)
 AbAb            GbGb
And max your credit card (and max your credit card)
 GbGb      DbDb       AbAb
A augmentedA lover on the large (a lover on the large)
 GbGb          AbAb
You're gonna wish you never harmed me


Chorus:
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
'Cause I've gotten tired of the games that you play
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
When you tell me you love me then you throw me away
  GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
So cry me a river till you drown in the lake
  DbDb              AbAb
'Cause you may think you're winning but checkmate
  DbDb               AbAb
Yeah, you may think you're winning but checkmate


Outro:
GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
And you did some damage so I'm making you pay
 GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
And no one's ever gonna love you anyways
 GbGb         DbDb     AbAb
'Cause you're just a narcissist who's totally fake
  DbDb              AbAb
Yeah, you may think you're winning this heartbreak
  DbDb              AbAb
But you aren't gonna win it 'cause checkmate

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