Key: G
Introduction: D
D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
C Em D
Even when it cuts so deep - it's true I still want you.
C Em D
But the harder I try - the more I seem to lose.
D
Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
I've been tryin to recover - now that I know it wasn't love
D
It's always a different story, when it's me who's in the wrong.
'Cause you can't - have it all, cause I'm the one who's strong.
Em D
I've already been burnt before - once but never a-gain.
C Em D
I know the time will come, yeah - that's when you'll need me then.
D
Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
I've been tryin to recover - now that I know it wasn't love
D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
And I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love.
A
Cause you don't even care what I'm saying
G
You don't even think what you're doin'
A C Em
All you see is what you want it to be - but that is just no good for me-yeah!
D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
I've been tryin' to recover - now that I know that it wasn't love.
D
Cause you don't even care with what I'm saying
Cause you don't even think what you're doin'
G A D
All you see is what you want it to be - and there's no room left for me.
D
Oh I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love.
D G
And now that I know - yeah - now that I know - yeah know that it wasn't love
A D
- no-no-no-ever-the-love.