Capo I
* = Strum Once
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 and past his sell by a date
C F Am D9
He'll be fool running through the churchyard screaming out "it's not too late"
G C F
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 D9 G
And he'll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
C
But I know you love him strong
CHORUS
F C
So I'm leaving for theres nothing to believe in
G F C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
F
Please dont go mistreating 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 F x 3
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
C F Am D9 G
I wouldnt know his name, but you call it in your sleep
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 *D9 G
For he's captured your heart in a way I never could
C
So go on and love him good
CHORUS (2)
F C
So I'm leaving for there's nothing to believe in
G F C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
F
I'm the stray cat you keep feeding
C
You're the book I cant stop reading
G F C
But the tides are receding that its true
F
So please dont go mistreating me
C
I'm not saying youve 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