Key: Bb major
Verse 1
B
I only meant to love you,
C#
didn't you know it baby, didn't you know it?
C#m
E
F#
Why couldn't you be content
B
with the love I gave you?
E
B
Yeah, I gave you my heart,
C#
baby, but you wanted my mind
C#m
E
Oh yeah, your love scares
F#
me to death, man
B
It's a choking kind, choking kind
F#
B
You can kill a girl with a bottle
C#
of poison or a knife
C#m
I know you can't,
E
F#
it would hurt her more to take her pride
B
And a ruler of life, oh, it's a shame
Baby, baby,
C#
B
E
B
E
F#
C#
G#m
token cat
G#
C#
I only meant to love you
D#m
Didn't you know it, baby?
Didn't you know it?
F#
Why couldn't you be con
G#
C#
tent with the love I gave you?
I gave you my heart.
D#
You wanted my mind.
D#m
Yes, you did.
F#
G#
Your love scares me to death, man.
C#
It's the choking kind.
G#
C#
You can kill a girl
D#
D#m
With a bottle of poison or a knife
F#
It would hurt her more
G#
To take her pride
C#
And ruin her life
Oh, it's a shame
Find what you want
Keep it
D#
Treat her sweet and kind
Yeah
D#m
F#
I tell you that hat
G#
Don't fit my head
C#
It's that choking kind
D#m
Whatever it is, I surely hope you find it
F#
Oh, oh, let it breathe
G#
C#
Oh, make it that token thing
It makes me want to
D#
D#m
F#
G#
C#
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Tell you your love, your love,
D#
D#m
your love, baby, your love
F#
G#
Scares me to death and now
D#
C#
is that a joking thing?
Outro 1
yeah
C#
D#
D#m
F#
G#
C#
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