Key: D
Introduction:
D
Break the news, you' re walking out
C
To be a good man for someone else
D C C7M
Sorry I was never good like you
D
Stood on my chest and kept me down
C
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D C
Did my best to exist just for you
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Now she' s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
D C G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
G Am Em
I am my mother' s child, I' ll love you ' til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I' ll love you ' til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I' ll find a way to be without you, babe
D
I still feel you, now and then
C
Slow like pseudoephedrine
D C C7M
When you see me, will you say I' ve changed?
D
I ride the subway, read the signs
C
I let the seasons change my mind
G D
I love it here since I' ve stopped needing you
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Now she' s gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
D C G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
G Am Em
I am my mother' s child, I' ll love you ' til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I' ll love you ' til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I' ll find a way to be without you, babe
G Am Em
I am my mother' s child, I' ll love you ' til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I' ll love you ' til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I' ll find a way to be without you, babe