Key: G
Introduction:
Gm F/A Bb
Head under water
C Dm C/E F D/F#
And you tell me to breathe easy for a while
Gm F/A Bb C Dm C/E F D/F#
Breathing gets harder, even I know that
Gm F/A Bb C Dm C/E
You made room for me but it's too soon to see
F D/F#
If I'm happy in your hands
Gm F/A Bb C Dm C/E F D/F#
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Gm F/A
Blank stares at blank pages
Bb C F/A
No easy way to say this
Gm F/A Bb
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 Bb
'cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
'cause you tell me it's
F/A
Make or breaking this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm G/B
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better
Bb C Gm
Reason to write you a love song today
(Gm,F/A,Bb,C,Dm,C/E,F,D/F#)
Gm F/A Bb
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 Bb
'cause you need one, you see
Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C
'cause you tell me it's
F/A
Make or breaking this
Bb
If you're on your way
Gm F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm G/B
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better
Bb C Dm
Reason to write you a love song today
Dm Am Bb
Promise me
F C/E Dm
You'll leave the light on
Am Bb
To help me see
F C/E Dm
With daylight, my guide, gone
Am
'Cause I believe
Bb
There's a way
C
You can love me
Because I say