Love Song chords by
Sara Bareilles
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Key: F major

Intro 1

Gm

F

Bb

C

Dm

C

F

D

Verse 1
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Head un derwater
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
And they tell me
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
To breathe easy for a while
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Breathing gets harder,
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
even I   know that
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Made room for me
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
It's too soon to see
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
If I'm happy in your hands
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I'm unusually  hard to hold on  to
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D

Pre-chorus 1

Gm

F

Blank stares at blank pages

Bb

C

No easy way to say this

Gm

You mean well,

F

Bb

but you make this hard on me

Chorus 1
Gm Gm 
 
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you asked for it
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause you need one, you see
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you tell me it's
F F 
 
Make or breaking this
Bb Bb 
 
If you're on  your way
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm Dm 
 
If all you have is leavin'
G G 
 
I'ma need a better reason
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
To write you a love song
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Today,
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
today

Verse 2
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I learned the hard way
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
That they all say
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
Things you want to hear
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
My heavy  heart
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
sinks deep down under
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
You and your twisted words
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Your help just hurts
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
You are not what I thought you were
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Hello to high
C C 
 
F F 
 
D D 
 
and dry

Pre-chorus 2
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Convince me to please you
Bb Bb 
 
Make me think
C C 
 
Gm Gm 
 
that I need this too
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

Chorus 2
Gm Gm 
 
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you asked for it
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause you need one, you see
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you tell me it's
F F 
 
Make or breaking this
Bb Bb 
 
If you're on  your way
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Dm Dm 
 
If all you have is leavin'
G G 
 
I'ma need a better reason
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
To write you a love song

Bridge 1
Today
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Promise  me
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
you'll leave the light on
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
To help me see
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
With daylight, my guide, gone
Dm Dm 
 
A A 
 
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause I believe there's a way
C C 
 
You can love me because I say

Chorus 3
Gm Gm 
 
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you asked for it
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause you need one, you see
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
I'm not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you tell me it's
F F 
 
Make or breaking this
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Is that why you wanted a  love song?
C C 
 
'Cause you asked for it
F F 
 
'Cause you need one,
Bb Bb 
 
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
you see I'm not gonna write you a love song
C C 
 
'Cause you tell me it's
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Make or breaking this If you're on  your way
D D 
 
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Bb Bb 
 
If your heart is nowhere in it
C C 
 
I don't want it for a minute
Dm Dm 
 
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas
G G 
 
when I believe that there's a reason
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
to write you a love song

Outro 1

Gm

F

Bb

Today,

C

Dm

C

F

D

today

Gm

F

Bb

today

C

Dm

C

F

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