Tear Me Down chords by Joyner Lucas, Ava Max

Original Key: C Minor

Intro:

 Cm A# G# A# x2


Chorus:
 Cm                     A#                       G#  A#
 So I let the winds pile up and your words fall down
 Cm                       A#                    G#  A#
 Said you didn't want me then, I don't need you now

Verse:
 Cm                 A#
 And I really wanna leave, but I'm too far
 A#
 And I'm too lost
 G#
 Wanna let go, but it's too hard
 A#
 Want a new start
 Cm
 Gotta look inside me, but I'm too scarred
 A#
 Never knew the pain could be this sad
 G#
 I don't wanna die young, so I live fast
 G#
 Never knew a heartbreak could be this bad (Uh)

 Cm
 I'm afraid to be in love, then I know why (Yeah)
 A#
 I can never trust what I don't buy (Uh)
 G#
 When I feel like givin' up, then I don't try (Yeah)

 Kinda feel like takin' drugs so I don't cry (Uh)

 Cm
 Got me feelin' like a dove when it don't fly (Don't fly)
 A#
 But I get dеpressed when you just lеave (Uh)
 G#
 I can never get rest 'til you close by (Yeah)
 A#
 I don't feel at my best when it's just me (Uh)

 Cm
 Every time it get bad, then it get worse
 A#
 When it get worse, then you hit first (Uh)
 G#
 Got me livin' on the edge and I'm just cursed (Yeah)

 Sick of tryna build a bridge just to get burned (Yeah)
 Cm
 Got me all in my head, but I'm just hurt
 A#
 Wanna run, but we just hide (Yeah)
 G#
 We don't wanna hear the truth, so we just lie
 G#                                        A#
 But I only look at you like you're just mine (Uh)
 Cm                    A#
 Said I only look at you like you're just mine (You're just mine)

Pre-chorus:

 But we gotta heal
 G#
 And my head fucked up, don't know how to feel
 G#                                            A#
 When you tell me you in love with somebody else (Man)
 Cm
 How you tell me you in love with somebody else (That's crazy)
 A#
 When you know that I need you? (Uh)
 G#
 Now I gotta build a life with a stranger
 G#                                 A#
 We both know that I wanted it to be you

 Goddamn


Chorus:
 Cm                       A#                        G#     A#
 So I let the winds pile up and your words fall down (Yeah)
 Cm                         A#                    G#          A#
 Said you didn't want me then, I don't need you now (Joyner, Joyner)
 Cm                  A#     G#
 We don't have to love forever
 G#                                A#
 I thought that you would love me better
 Cm                         A#               G#
 Why would you Go tear me up just to take me down?

Verse:
 Cm
 Where the fuck Do I Go when I'm too lost?
 A#
 When I'm too far?
 G#
 Wanna let it go, but it's too hard
 A#
 And it's too dark
 Cm
 Keep tellin' your side, but it's two parts
 A#
 Hope you're sayin' things that you don't mean (Yeah)
 G#
 I feel like I'm 'sleep, but I don't dream
 G#
 Just another nightmare, but I don't scream (Yeah)

 Cm
 Every time it get rough, then we break up
 A#
 Every time that we fuck, then we make up (Uh)
 G#
 Every time we get drunk, then it's dangerous (Yeah)
 G#
 Sick and tired of givin' up, but you gave us (Uh)
 Cm
 I don't wanna give it up, but you made us (Uh)
 A#
 And I get depressed when you just leave (Yeah)
 G#
 I can never get rest when I'm laid up
 G#
 I don't feel at my best when it's just me (Yeah)

 Cm
 You can see my heart bleed when you watch it (Uh)
 A#
 I can feel your heart leave in the process (Uh)
 G#
 And you only wan' leave when it's options (Yeah)
 G#
 But you only want me when it's toxic (Yeah)
 A#                 Cm
 How you only want me when it's toxic? (Uh)
 A#
 Type of shit can get dangerous (Uh)
 G#
 Had to deal with my pain in phases
 G#                                 A#
 I done felt so much pain that I'm painless (Yeah)
 Cm            A#    G#
 And I know it's too late to save us (Yeah)

Pre-chorus:

 But we gotta heal
 G#
 And my head fucked up, don't know how to feel

 When you tell me you in love with somebody else
 A#                      Cm
 How you tell me you in love with somebody else (Yeah)
 A#
 When you know that I need you?
 G#
 Now I gotta build a life with a stranger (Uh)
 G#                                   A#
 We both know that I wanted it to be you (Damn)

Chorus:
 Cm                        A#                      G#     A#
 So I let the winds pile up and your words fall down (Ooh)
 Cm                          A#                   G#       A#
 Said you didn't want me then, I don't need you now (Don't need you now)
 Cm                  A#      G#
 We don't have to love forever
 G#                               A#
 I thought that you would love me better
 Cm                        A#                  G#    A#
 Why would you Go tear me up just to take me down? (Take me down, yeah)

 Cm                        A#                      G#     A#
 So I let the winds pile up and your words fall down (Ooh)
 Cm                          A#                   G#       A#
 Said you didn't want me then, I don't need you now (Don't need you now)
 Cm                  A#      G#
 We don't have to love forever
 G#                               A#
 I thought that you would love me better
 Cm                        A#                  G#    A#
 Why would you Go tear me up just to take me down? (Take me down, yeah)