Love Song

[Intro]
Fm G# Cm D# 2x

[Verse]
Fm         G#
head under water
         Cm
and they tell me
            D#
to breathe easy for a while
Fm                 G#
but breathing gets harder
     Cm       D#
even i know that

[Verse]
Fm                G#
you made room for me
                     Cm
but it’s too soon to see
       D#
if I’m happy in your hands
Fm     G#                 Cm     D#
im unusually hard to hold on to

[Pre-chorus]
Fm           D#
Blank stares at blank pages
G#      A#
no easy way to say this
Fm          D#          
  you mean well, but you
            G#
make this hard on me

[Chorus]
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you asked for it
           D#             G#
'cause you need one, you see
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you tell me it's
        D#
make or break in this
        G#
if you're on your way
              Fm           D#
I'm not gonna write you to stay
   Cm                      
  if all you have is leavin'
      F
Im'a need a better reason
   G#               A#\            Fm  G#
to write you a love song today
Cm   D#
Today

[Verse]
Fm            G#
I learned the hard way
          Cm
that they all say
D#                     Fm
things you wanna hear
         G#
My heavy heart
        Cm     D#      Fm
sings deep down under you
         G#
and your twisted words
     Cm
your help just hurts
        D#         
  you were not what
               Fm
i thought you were
G#        Cm       D#   Fm
hello to high and dry

[Pre-chorus]
            D#
convinced me to please you
G#            A#                 Fm
made me think that i need this too
          D#         
  I’m trying to
   G#
let you hear me as i am


[Chorus]
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you asked for it
           D#             G#
'cause you need one, you see
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you tell me it's
        D#
make or break in this
        G#
if you're on your way
              Fm           D#
I'm not gonna write you to stay
   Cm                      
  if all you have is leavin'
      F
Im'a need a better reason
   G#           A#             Cm
to write you a love song today


[Bridge]
        Gm      G#
promise me
                 D#     A#  Cm
you'll leave the light on
           Gm    G#
to help me see
                  D#      A#    Cm
with daylight, my guide, gone
         G                 G#
'cause i believe there's a way
            A#\
you can love me because i say


[Chorus]
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you asked for it
           D#             G#
'cause you need one, you see
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you tell me it's
        D#
make or break in this
                         Fm
is that why you wanted a love song
           A#
'cause you asked for it
           D#             G#
'cause you need one, you see
                    
  I'm not gonna write
       Fm
you a love song
           A#
'cause you tell me it's
        D#
make or break in this
        G#
if you're on your way
              Fm           D#
I'm not gonna write you to stay

[Outro]
        Cm
if your heart is nowhere in it
        A#
i don’t want it for a minute
          Cm  
babe I’ll

walk the seven seas
         F  
when i believe that

there's a reason
   G#              A#\ 
  to write you a love
           Fm  G#  Cm  D#
song today, today

Fm  G#  Cm      D#~