Sara Bareilles - Love Song

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Sara Bareilles - Love Song/ _/ e2 G9 Y/ [

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2 m; M) t* f/ N5 YHead under water,% U" Y: T/ ?9 L" j+ D) n0 j9 O) v
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3 {+ x2 B: E" K; G& P& F7 ?4 rAnd 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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) N% S$ g9 j5 }8 u; ?1 mYou made room for me but it’s too soon to see,1 F( p; U5 R* G
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If I’m happy in your hands.
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' l& q& o7 w5 |/ j  VI’m unusually hard to hold on to.& w0 [* N$ S5 e5 i7 @! ^7 M! z
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Blank stares at blank pages.
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No easy way to say this.( ~# R1 a" r; I+ y& q8 E# g" f
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You mean well, but you make this hard on me.
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) q8 ]. u+ q0 F* U! `I'm not gonna write you a love song,
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- h" ~3 `- }1 I1 @/ \$ b'Cause you asked for it,
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. b5 u4 R% F* i'Cause you need one, you see.1 A/ a  N) n" [$ U# B* b
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I'm not gonna write you a love song,3 S2 y1 G# r2 c" O) n, [: G
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Make or break in this./ p" m) N! I3 B# y
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$ w  T- Y3 ~2 p) \* o4 RI'm not gonna write you to stay.
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7 g* {0 n/ U' @8 M  }If all you have is leaving,4 z9 c4 R- g" x) K7 g8 H% Q
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- A* h6 m+ |+ c: w% d- zI’m gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today.
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( E1 C4 x# n! S4 p0 U* j9 SToday.
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& ^! b" A0 ?+ k3 ~+ d' ]3 Y(same chord progression throughout the song for the verses)
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I learned the hard way,! G0 Y$ ?, T5 y( L) M/ ^) W
That they all say things you want to hear.
' u  v  n/ {2 J: `8 ?My heavy heart sinks deep down under you,
2 x3 [& U$ E% U- s# ]And your twisted words, your help just hurts.
$ h, ?$ V% r  f/ l- Y0 L3 t  wYou are not what I thought you were.
$ ~6 @" v) c+ O: d1 l2 p! u+ kHello to high and dry.
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Convinced me to please you.
; z! f: O2 h% r0 Z2 n( DMade me think that I need this too.
) C3 M' g" O. z5 C2 ]! KI’m trying to let you hear me as I am.6 T- q* ^* n4 t, x+ n" ^& C

% H( g/ i9 {0 k# @% g: H: d% tI'm not gonna write you a love song,* P) G9 r6 N7 C! C0 d% T- U
'Cause you asked for it,
# V! l4 Y3 P5 n8 |& u3 }8 _9 H'Cause you need one, you see.2 f  G: P7 f4 j6 G$ e/ E
I'm not gonna write you a love song,8 c9 q% u$ m* n) T% L2 F- j
'Cause you tell me it's,8 A" V$ U6 A, B7 ~$ M% q$ g
Make or breaking this.
0 y% [$ l1 [2 v! E. W* q" t6 D* d, T% RIf you’re on your way,
3 Q: d' |2 C& ?  d" g1 ?& h' W- cI'm not gonna write you to stay.& w. _7 A* g4 o0 ~4 {- i6 l7 ?
If all you have is leaving,
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Promise me you'll leave the light on,
3 U. W4 M( r$ z, P$ p( x* ?To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone.
# f3 t1 \' {, t'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say,  p* w- E4 c, ~+ G, ]1 I
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I won't write you a love song,
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'Cause you need one you see.5 W- ]; [' X1 Z: \' w
I'm not gonna write you a love song,
; K, g& T1 B. M' q'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.
. D, ~+ O! y( K7 }, BIs that why you wanted a love song,. ?9 J$ v  G" k$ A; J
'Cause you asked for it,4 o- P  V$ {% q( \2 U5 y5 U
'Cause you need one you see.) p" R& p; a: P
I’m not gonna write you a love song,4 B  H$ \3 X6 O3 A9 e
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.. V5 Y8 t6 ?  P5 T
If you’re on your way,
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/ W  f! o& z! g2 _5 n* `If your heart is nowhere in it,
7 y6 e  ?  v; l# ~% H; s+ A8 qI don’t want it for a minute.9 w! l5 z9 a$ n+ P4 I$ S
Babe, I’ll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to,
# x& j' w% X/ \5 H7 V! w$ v% j/ ]8 mWrite you a love song today.
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