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