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