Love Song

[Intro]
Dm F Am C 2x

[Verse]
Dm         F
head under water
         Am
and they tell me
            C
to breathe easy for a while
Dm                 F
but breathing gets harder
     Am       C
even i know that

[Verse]
Dm                F
you made room for me
                     Am
but it’s too soon to see
       C
if I’m happy in your hands
Dm     F                 Am     C
im unusually hard to hold on to

[Pre-chorus]
Dm           C
Blank stares at blank pages
F      G
no easy way to say this
Dm          C          
  you mean well, but you
            F
make this hard on me

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

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

[Pre-chorus]
            C
convinced me to please you
F            G                 Dm
made me think that i need this too
          C         
  I’m trying to
   F
let you hear me as i am


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


[Bridge]
        Em      F
promise me
                 C     G  Am
you'll leave the light on
           Em    F
to help me see
                  C      G    Am
with daylight, my guide, gone
         E                 F
'cause i believe there's a way
            G\
you can love me because i say


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

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

walk the seven seas
         D  
when i believe that

there's a reason
   F              G\ 
  to write you a love
           Dm  F  Am  C
song today, today

Dm  F  Am      C~