Key: G ♫ Intro: G ♫ Verse 1: G D/F# I wanna tell you how I feel but I don't really know Em D I wanna eat my dinner without feeling like I've grown G G/B I wish that we were seventeen and on the next train home C D G I do not want to hurt you but I'm scared it's in my bones
♫ Verse 2: G Making jokes to hide the fact that cards could always fall F Em Tying knots and taking shots and skipping shitty stones G G/B Learning what the words mean seven years after the song C D G I do not want to hurt you but I'm scared it's in my bones ♫ Chorus: C G To grow and to shake Em F To know you is to know something safe Cmaj7 G To cry and to say Cmaj7 D G "I'm sorry that I'm brittle and broken today" ♫ Verse 3: G D/F# Daylight's wasting, dogs are chasing, Robin's on the lawn Em D Mom got mad, yelled at my dad, 'cause he did something wrong G D/F# I was raised in California, poking dragons just for fun C D G "I do not want to hurt you" whispered softly through the phone ♫ Verse 4: G D/F# Catching up and packing up and borrowing your socks F Em Learned to tell you every single movie that I watched G D/F# Learned to be two people strung together, arm in arm C D G "I do not want to hurt you" whispered softly on a call ♫ Chorus: Cmaj7 G To grow and to change Em F To know you is to know I'm not brave Cmaj7 G To lie and to chase C D G The reason why you're hurting, and I'm hurting just the same ♫ Post-Chorus: G D G F Ooh ooh, ooh Em G D C G Ooh, ooh, ooh ♫ Outro: C G To snap and to sprain Em F To bandage it up 'til it's stuck in one place C G To cry and to say C "I do not want to hurt you" G But the truth is, I will hurt you C The truth is I will hurt you G I will hurt you either way
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