Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
BB
You think that Cupid's got a bow?
FF
Well, no.
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Cupid's got a needle.
BB FF
It'll find a vein.
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Careful, 'cause you'll bleed a little.
AbAb DbDb GbGb
But pretty soon romance will marinate your brain.
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Then watch the temperature go up.
Verse 2:
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You hardly sleep because your sheets are wet, Toss and turn for hours.
BB FF
And your sweat is sweet,
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Smells like dying flowers.
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You got pain in your stomach like a long neglected tooth.
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Dilated pupils that refuse to see the truth.
Chorus 1:
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And that's you're sick.
You're sick,
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You might not get through it.
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Your aching heart is racing and your brain can't catch up to it.
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That's how you diagnose an overdose of love.
Verse 3:
BB
You feel the itching on your skin,
FF
Then in,
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Right down to your skeleton.
BB
You seize,
FF
You freeze,
BbmBbm
Knees turn into gelatin.
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Then, you're on them praying that you'll keep some self respect.
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But out of nowhere comes another side effect.
Chorus 2:
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Like when you see his face,
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You feel it in your eyes -
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They start to water like the place between your thighs whenever he gets close.
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Thats an overdose of love.
Bridge:
GbGb BB
You're sick of what you're saying.
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You're sick of what you're thinking.
GbGb BB
You'd have another drink,
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Except you're sick of what you're drinking.
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While sitting there alone,
DbDb GbGb
Longing for his touch,
C7C7 FF
A augmentedA little is elixir but too much is much too much.
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You're burning up!
Verse 4:
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The spark that started it became a raging fire.
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The cobwebs in your head turned into razor wire.
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It's like a puzzle that you'll never get the trick of.
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The trick is you admitting you're sick of what you're sick of.
Chorus:
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You feel it on your tongue.
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You feel it in your lips.
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You feel it from your fingers to the thing between your hips.
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You collapse on the floor,
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You shudder,
You tingle.
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The paramedic comes,
You wonder if he's single.
Chorus:
BbmBbm
You are sick, sick, sick!
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You're falling to pieces.
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And the curse is the cure is worse than the disease is.
BbmBbm
You're dead,
You're toast,
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You're overdosed on love.
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You're overdosed on love.
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You are overdosed on love.
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Baby, you are sick