Intro
Gm F C Dm F Gm
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Verse
F
Head under water
Dm7
And they tell me
F
To breathe easy for a while
Gm F
The breathing gets harder
Dm F Gm
Even ■ I know that ■
Made room for me
Bb C Dm
But it's too soon to see
F Gm
If I'm happy in your hands ■
Gm Dm F
I'm unusually ■ hard to hold on to ■
Gm7 F Bb
Blank stares at ■ blank pages ■
C Gm
No easy way to say this ■
You mean well
F Bb Bb
But you make this hard on me ■
Chorus
Gm7 C
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it
F
'cause you need one you see
Gm C7
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's
Am F
Make or break in this
F
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm
If all you have is leaving
Gm Bb C Gm
I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today ■
Dm F Dm
Today yeah ■ ■
Verse
Gm F
■ I learned the hard way
Dm
That they all say
F Dm
Things you wanna hear
Gm F
And ■ my heavy heart
Dm F D7
Sinks deep down under ■
Gm Bb
You and your twisted words
Bb
Your help just hurts
F
You are not what
D7 Gm
I thought you were
F F Gm
Hello ■ to high and dry ■
F Bb
Convinced me ■ to please you ■
Made me think
C Gm
That I need this too
F Bb
I'm trying ■ to let you hear me as I am
Chorus
Bb Gm7 C
I'm ■ not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it
F Bb
'cause you need one you see
Gm C7
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's
F
Make or break in this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm
If all you have is leaving
Gm G7 Bb C Dm
I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song today
Bridge
Am
Promise me
Bb F C Dm
That ■ you'll leave the light ■ ■ on
Am Bb
To help me see ■
F C Dm
With daylight my guide gone ■ ■
Am Bb
'cause I believe ■ there's a way
C
You can love me because I say
Chorus
Gm
I won't write you a love song
C C7
'cause you asked for it
F
'cause you need one you see
Gm C7
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's
F
Make or break in this
Bb Gm7 Gm
Is that why you wanted a love song
C7
'cause you asked for it
Am F Bb
'cause you need one ■ you see
Gm C7
I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's
F
Make or break in this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Bb
If your heart is nowhere in it
C
I don't want it for a minute
Dm
Babe I'll walk the seven seas
Dm Bb
When I believe that there's a reason to write you
C
A love song today
Outro
Gm
Today ■ yeah
Gm F Gm Bb F F
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