I Used To Say I Love You chords

Robyn Hitchcock

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  			Intro 

Verse 
  A		 D	   A G 
I used to say "I love you" 
   A             G    A G 
It wasn't really true 
  A	      D	      A G 
I wanted to believe it 
    A		 G    A G 
And now I almost do 

  A              D	   A G 
I used to say "I love you" 
  A	       G      A G 
I said it as a threat 
   A	      D	      A G 
Or maybe as a promise 
   A	            G   A G 
To see what I could get 

Chorus 
A      D	     Dmaj7    C	   G 
But my heart doesn't break anymore 
      D		    Dmaj7   C	   G 
No my heart doesn't ache anymore 
	  Em		D	C 
'Cause it just couldn't take anymore 
         D-F#m	     G	      E7 
And I've lost   my illusions about you now 


A Asus4 A Asus2 

Verse 
  		 D	   A G 
I used to say "I love you" 
   A             G     A G 
It wasn't what I meant 
A             D         A G 
What I really meant was 
 A	       G	A G 
"Come on in my tent" 

A 	       D	A G 
But you were reluctant 
  A               G	A G 
Although I was so hot 
A	   D	    A G 
Now I understand it 
    A		    G	A G 
But back then I did not 

Chorus 
A      D	     Dmaj7   C	   G 
But my heart doesn't wear anymore 
      D		    Dmaj7   C	   G 
No my heart doesn't care anymore 
          Em	      D	       C 
'Cause my heart isn't there anymore 
         D-F#m	    G	     E7 
And I've lost  my illusions about you now 


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Verse 
                    D	   A G 
And now if I should see you 
   A	           G	   A G 
Or call you on the phone (mm-hmm) 
  A		    D	   A G 
I wonder who's that person 
        A             G	   A G 
I could never call my own 

  A 		   D	    A G 
Although I kind of like you 
     A	        G     A G 
I'll never understand 
    A          D      A G 
Why I got so excited 
     A                 G    A G 
Each time that we held hands 

Chorus 
          D	        Dmaj7   C    G 
'Cause my heart doesn't feel anymore 
      D		    Dmaj7    C	   G 
No my heart doesn't wheel anymore 
	  Em	     D	     C 
'Cause it just isn't real anymore 
         D-F#m	     G        E7 
And I've lost   my illusions about you now