[Intro]
Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab Ab/G
You don't need to love me, Or tell me that you do,
Ab/F Ab/Eb
Don't make me any promises, Just promise we're not through,
Dbmaj9
Don't give me one damn thing I won't let you call this greed
Dbmaj9/C
Just let me give to you that's the only thing I need
Bbm9
I know that this can work if you'd plant one simple seed
Ebsus Eb
You'd see it grow,
Dbmaj9 Bbm7 Eb7/Bb
You don't need to love me,
Ab
To know
[Verse 2]
Ab Ab/G
You don't need to need me, It's better that you don't,
Dbmaj9/F Ab/Eb
If each of us can walk away, It won't matter that I won't,
Dbmaj9#11
We'll both be self-contained but together not alone
Dbmaj9#11/C
You can keep me in the dark hell it's all I've ever known
Bbm11 Dbmaj9 Ebsus Eb
But we both could use a friend who will always check the phone and take the call
Dbmaj9/F Ab/G Eb7sus
You don't need to need me
Absus Ab
At all
[Bridge]
Db Eb9/Db Dbsus2
Let me be your emergency contact
Eb9/Db Absus Ab Absus
Your occasional plus-one
Ab/G Db6/9/F Dbsus2
Your excuse to take a sick day
Dbsus2 Db Eb9sus Eb
When the forecast calls for sun
Cm Abmaj7/C
We can keep on being lonely
Cm7 Fm7 Fm Dbsus2/F
But we don't have to be apart
Bbm7 Bbm7
And I'll never even ask you
Abmaj7/C Db
To let me have your heart
Bbm7 Bbm7 Abmaj7/C Dbmaj9
So I'll never break your heart
Bbm7 Bbm7 Ab/C Dbmaj9 Db6/9
No, I'll never break your heart
[Verse 3]
Ab5 Ab5/G
You don't need to love me, To let me help you through
Dbsus2/F Fm7 Eb7sus
You don't need to confide in me, I've got crap enough for two
Ab/C Dbmaj9 Db6/9 Fm7/C Absus2/C
You don't need to answer, I'll know before you do
Fm7/Bb Absus/Bb
But hear me
Fm7/C Abmaj7/Eb
And believe me
Db Eb7/Db Db Eb9/Db Dbmaj9
That you don't need to love me
Ab
The way that I love you