Capo I
Intro
C F X3
verse 1
C F C
He's the deflated balloon wrapped around your gate
F C G
Cut priced to clear a past to ?sell by a date?
C F Am G
He'll be fool running through the church screaming out ?it's not too late?
G C
When he does, I know that you'll wait
verse 2
C F C
He's the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong
F C G
He's the beauty queen that strings your heart along
C F Am G
And he'll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
G C
But I know you love him strong
F C
So I'm leaving for there's nothing to believe in
G C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
F
Please don't go misreading me
C
I'm not saying you?ve been misleading me
G F C
Just not needing me the way that I need you
C FX3
verse 3
C F C
He's the elephant in the room that never speaks
F C G
But you dream about him every two weeks
( =Strum Once)
C F G Am
I wouldn't know his name, but you call it in your sleep
G C
Oh I know you love him deep
Bridge
C F C
So run back to him like you should
F C G
I guess I always knew that you would
C F Am F (Hold)
For he's captured your heart in a way I never could
G C
So go on and love him good
F C
So I'm leaving for there's nothing to believe in
G C
I'm just craving for a love I never knew
F
You're the book I can't stop reading the stray cat you keep feeding
C
I'm the stray cat you've been feeding
G F C
But the tides are receding that it's true
F
So please don't go misreading me
C
I'm not saying you?ve been misleading me,
G F Am Cmaj7 G
Just not needing me the way that I need you
C F C
Just not needing me the way that I need you
OUtro
F C X3