Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E minorEm A minorAm BB E minorEm (x2)
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
I hate to be the one
BB E minorEm E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm G+G
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm
Because you're in a war zone
BB E minorEm
Get out now you don't know
E minorEm
I hate to be the one
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
Verse 1:
E minorEm A minorAm
Now let me tell you as a friend, my friend
BB E minorEm
I can see it happen all over again
E minorEm A minorAm
Yeah let me tell you as a friend, my friend
BB E minorEm
There's a theme going on and it's a trend
E minorEm
Well take another look
A minorAm
She's the type of crook
BB
Call it kiss and run
E minorEm
The most devious of looks
E minorEm
And she don't really care
A minorAm
Take take and now she took
BB
But the men still stare
E minorEm
And they're reaching for their books
E minorEm A minorAm
So tell me why they say I'm better than the rest
BB E minorEm
She's a little beauty how much meaner can she get
E minorEm A minorAm
I love her pretty eyes and I'm chasing for the tail
BB E minorEm
Devil in the detail, you should let her sail
Bridge:
E minorEm A minorAm BB
Oh never can I fail oh no
E minorEm
Why? Because she said I love you boy
A minorAm BB E minorEm A minorAm BB E minorEm
And love will prevail, aaaaa
E minorEm A minorAm BB
Nothing that can ever go wrong
E minorEm
So how can I mess up?
E minorEm
In every single way
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
I hate to be the one
BB E minorEm E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm G+G
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm
Because you're in a war zone
BB E minorEm
Get out now you don't know
E minorEm
I hate to be the one
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
Verse 2:
E minorEm A minorAm BB
Take the warning,see the red lights?
E minorEm
Where she gone, another late night
E minorEm A minorAm BB
This little girl, she not play right
E minorEm
You only see in the daylight - why is that?
E minorEm A minorAm BB
The secret she keeping when you sleeping
E minorEm
She out there just creeping, I'm telling you
E minorEm A minorAm
Wait 'til the rumor start leaking
BB
Better listen, just peep it
E minorEm
Ah, next man she keeping, I'm telling you
E minorEm A minorAm
And I know you won't believe me
BB E minorEm
But you're rising for a fall
E minorEm A minorAm
And honestly speaking
BB E minorEm
This girl will only make you bawl
E minorEm
Hear what me say
E minorEm A minorAm
And I know you won't believe me
BB E minorEm
But the next man she call
E minorEm A minorAm
And honestly speaking
BB E minorEm
This girl won't catch you if you fall
E minorEm
Hear what me say
BB
I hate to be the one
E minorEm A minorAm
Who has got to, hate to be the one
Verse 3:
E minorEm A minorAm
Dollars not cents
BB E minorEm
Thousands gone, and now she's off again
E minorEm E minorEm
Can you believe it my friend?
A minorAm
Oooo, flash, gone
BB E minorEm
Gone with the wind to the next top dog
E minorEm A minorAm
Well come on I don't want to be alone
BB E minorEm
She says she loves me, that's how I know
E minorEm
Love grows you know
A minorAm
I swear on my soul
BB E minorEm E minorEm
Well that's why I can never let her go, oh
Bridge:
E minorEm A minorAm BB
Oh, never can I fail, oh no
E minorEm E minorEm
Why? Because she said "I love you boy"
A minorAm BB E minorEm
And love will prevail, aaaaa
E minorEm A minorAm BB
Oh, never can I fail, oh no
E minorEm
Why? Because she said "I love you boy"
A minorAm BB E minorEm
And love will prevail, aaaaa
E minorEm E minorEm
Nothing that can ever go wrong
A minorAm BB E minorEm
So how can I mess up? In every single way
Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
I hate to be the one
BB E minorEm E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm G+G
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
A minorAm
Because you're in a war zone
BB E minorEm
Get out now, you don't know
E minorEm
I hate to be the one
A minorAm BB
Hate to be the one, aaaaa
E minorEm
Hate to be the one who has to tell ya
Outro:
E minorEm A minorAm BB E minorEm (x4)