Capo I
Intro
C F X3
Verse 1
C F C
He's the deflated balloon wrapped around your gait
F C G
Cut priced to clear a past to "sell by a date"
C F Am G
He'll be fool running through the church screaming out "it's not too late"
G C
When he does, I know that you'll wait
Verse 2
C F C
He's the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong
F C G
He's the beauty queen that strings your heart along
C F Am G
And he'll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
G C
But I know you'll love him strong
Chorus
F C
So I'm leaving before there's nothing to believe in
G C
I'm just craving for a love I never knew
F
Please don't go mistreating me
C
I'm not saying you've been misleading me
G F C
Just not needing me the way that I need you
C FX3
Verse 3
C F C
He's the elephant in the room that never speaks
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F C G
But you dream about him every two weeks
(*=Strum Once)
*C *F *G *Am
I wouldn't know his name, but you call it in your sleep
*G *C
Oh I know you love him deep
Bridge
C F C
So run back to him like you should
F C G
I guess I always knew that you would
*C *F *Am *F (Hold)
For he's captured your heart in a way I never could
G C
So go on and love him good
Chorus 2
F C
So I'm leaving before there's nothing to believe in
G C
I'm just craving for a love I never knew
F
I'm the stray cat you keep feeding
C
You're the book I can't stop reading
G F C
But the tides are receding that it's true
F
So please don't go mistreating me
C
I'm not saying you've been misleading me,
*G *F *Am[ *CMaj7 *G
Just not needing me the way that I need you
*C *F C
Just not needing me the way that I need you
OUtro
F C X3
