Sara Bareilles - Love Song
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Head under water,( `$ F9 }, l& p3 g' H( G
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And they tell me to breathe easy for a while.
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The breathing gets harder, even I know that.
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You made room for me but it’s too soon to see,' S9 m2 S; S0 y& Z
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; V V, O1 w, ]3 u' EI’m unusually hard to hold on to.
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No easy way to say this.
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You mean well, but you make this hard on me.
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2 _3 C [/ v( H; Q" ?6 }: {4 YI'm not gonna write you a love song,8 g- I. ^* O7 A6 Y0 V9 H
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- ]$ y7 |5 f1 w$ r% L& B'Cause you asked for it,8 Q8 r' T1 m; n' D4 R- f
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'Cause you need one, you see.1 I5 V: y, H1 D, }& F* Q
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'Cause you tell me it's,
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Make or break in this.) x7 X9 q6 K3 [& i& Y
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If you’re on your way,- ]2 D s$ e" A0 y
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5 P! W9 s% N, f5 Z) p9 D9 {/ C: SI'm not gonna write you to stay.
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( O' h; `; i" ?* X: ]3 Z4 gIf all you have is leaving,
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6 s9 [) Z& P& Z/ F' ~" ^1 a. Z/ ~I’m gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today.
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(same chord progression throughout the song for the verses)
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1 _5 a! L5 |: e/ xI learned the hard way,
3 c( F& y$ g1 i# `$ lThat they all say things you want to hear.
, B1 G8 c, j5 j7 }- c |2 p6 hMy heavy heart sinks deep down under you,
2 m# ^: B0 {, _$ ~; V' n# CAnd your twisted words, your help just hurts., Z; o0 Q. S5 I. {
You are not what I thought you were.
5 }- Y: S5 p1 t3 Q- CHello to high and dry.
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Convinced me to please you.( k' _! `$ G7 F( E
Made me think that I need this too.
0 O- ~6 H- Y- t$ ~3 qI’m trying to let you hear me as I am.
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I'm not gonna write you a love song,: M! W* U0 V# M4 @1 F p$ ?
'Cause you asked for it,
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'Cause you tell me it's,
; e9 E; q) Z ^0 r$ A( F$ o8 tMake or breaking this.
/ f' P0 G) E+ ` ~1 ~1 [1 ?If you’re on your way,
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8 ?5 n1 W! H6 N! |If all you have is leaving,
4 a9 A y$ r2 t- hI’m gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today./ i# f6 o! D# e9 ?+ O6 A8 y: [% F& k
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To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone.+ ?6 k; b6 J# J3 r2 _+ _, R/ e% ]
'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say,
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'Cause you asked for it,
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% N3 O5 J6 \; b: x. M1 HIs that why you wanted a love song,/ y, {; @+ R/ } f. j N: D
'Cause you asked for it,
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I’m not gonna write you a love song,+ I f( `$ k( @
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.# O, U q1 Y- W8 v/ T0 t7 t$ l
If you’re on your way,7 d2 f& @) l. N" j, W* c8 j/ i
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If your heart is nowhere in it,+ V/ ~2 [( L: C0 Y; M/ s; |
I don’t want it for a minute.
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Write you a love song today.0 t i4 K/ G; O, Q- ]
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