I Earned These Tears chords by Melina Kb

• Difficulty: Advanced

Verse 1:
Bbm                    Db Fm
I haven’t left my bed in days
          Bbm                  Db    Fm
I’ve been calling my teddy bear your name
      Ab                          Fm7
Under mountains of tissues, and a few takeout menus
Bbm7                   Ab
Find my pillows all mascara stained
        Bbm                  Db  Fm
Can’t I read our old messages in peace?
        Bbm                Db    Fm
Hit the bottom of a pint of ice cream?
        Ab                             Fm7
Without friends always knocking, as if I’ll be unlocking
   Bbm7                  Ab
My door and rejoining society

Pre-Chorus 1:
Bbm          Ab       Eb      F
Please don’t pity, my pity party


Chorus:
               Bbm
I earned these tears
             Ab
I fought for years
  Ebm   Ebsus2
Only to lose
Fmaj7
Lick my wounds
       Bbm
Let me cry
            Fm
Stay home tonight
      Ab      Fmaj7
Don’t want to heal
               Bbm
I earned these tears


Post-Chorus:
Bbm    Ab          Ebm    Bbm       Ab        Eb
   I’m not getting better
don’t wanna get better
Bbm    Ab          Ebm    Bbm       Ab        Eb
   I’m not getting better
don’t wanna get better


Verse 2:
     Bbm                      Db   Fm
If I scream at the sky asking “Why me ”
      Bbm                 Db  Fm
Pick apart every argument, maybe
          Ab                           Fm7
Listenin’ back to your voicemails in meticulous detail
     Bbm7                    Ab
Will lead me to some sort of clarity
       Bbm                Db   Fm
How am I expected to just move on?
        Bbm                          Db  Fm
Had our wedding bands picked out and now what?
         Ab                             Fm7
Dust the heels off and dress up, go and kiss someone random?
        Bbm7                      Ab
There’s something about that that feels so wrong


Pre-Chorus 2:
Bbm         Ab        Eb           F
Leave your pity, I’ll leave the party


Chorus:
               Bbm
I earned these tears
             Ab
I fought for years
  Ebm   Ebsus2
Only to lose
Fmaj7
Lick my wounds
       Bbm
Let me cry
            Fm
Stay home tonight
      Ab      Fmaj7
Don’t want to heal
               Bbm
I earned these tears


Bridge:
         Bbm                        F
I should strike up a bonfire, pour the gasoline
     Abmaj7                         Ebmaj7    Ebmaj7/Gb
Over birthday cards, clippings from bride magazines
         Bb                           Gb
Rip your shirt from my body that I’ve slept in most nights
       F
Let it burn with the plane tickets, concert stubs, wine
         Bbm                         F
From the very first bottle, from the very first date
         Abmaj7                            Ebmaj7      Ebmaj7/Gb
When you worshiped the spark, but couldn’t nurture the flame
  Bb                      Gb
I deserve to disintegrate us like you did
      F
But I can’t bring the match to our photobooth strip
Ebm     Fm  Ab
I’m not ready
Ebm    Fm          Ab
Let me mourn, just let me


Chorus:
               Bbm
I earned these tears
             Ab
I fought for years
  Ebm   Ebsus2
Only to lose
Fmaj7
Lick my wounds
       Bbm
Let me cry
            Fm
Stay home tonight
      Ab      Fmaj7
Don’t want to heal
               Bbm
I earned these tears


Outro:
Bbm       Ab  Ebm
   Why me?   Why me?
Bbm           Ab          Eb
   Why did it have to be, have to be
Bbm       Ab  Ebm
   Why me?   Why me?
Bbm           Ab          Eb
   Why did it have to be, have to be