Love Song Chords

Love Song Chords
by Sara Bareilles

capo on 3

VERSE

Em         G  
head under water
         Bm
and they tell me
           D  
to breathe easy for a while
Em                 G  
but breathing gets harder
     Bm      D
even I know that

Em                G
you made room for me
                    Bm
but it's to soon to see
       D                 
if I'm happy in your hands
Em            G           Bm     D
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

PRECHORUS

Em           D
blank stares at blank pages
G        A  
no easy way to say this
Em             D                  G           
you mean well, but you make this hard on me

CHORUS

                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
           D
'cause you need one
     G                             Em
you see I'm not gonna write you a love song
            A
'cause you tell me it's
            D
make or breaking this
            G
if you're on your way
                   Em        D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
     Bm                              E
if all you have is leavin' I'm gonna need a better reason
   G          A              
to write you a love song today

Em G Bm D

VERSE

Em            G   
i learned the hard way
          Bm
that they all say
D
things you wanna hear
Em           G
and my heavy heart
        Bm      D      Em
sings deep down under you
              G
and your twisted words
               Bm        
your help just hurts
       Em                       G        
you were not what i thought you were
Bm        D
hello to high and dry

PRECHORUS

Em           D
convinced me to please you
G                  A
made me think that i need this too
Em          D            G 
i'm trying to let you hear me as i am


CHORUS

                          Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
           D
'cause you need one
     G                             Em
you see I'm not gonna write you a love song
            A
'cause you tell me it's
              D
make or breaking this
            G                                                                               
if you're on your way
                   Em       D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
    Bm                                E
if all you have is leaving i'm gonna need a better reason
    G         A
to write you a love song today
 


BRIDGE
Bm       F#m     G 
promise me
                 D     A
you'll leave the light on
Bm         F#m     G
to help me see
                  D      A
whit daylight my guide, gone
 Bm        F#m            G
'cause I belive there's a way
         A
you can love because I say

CHORUS

                          Em
I'm wont write you a love song
           A
'cause you asked for it
           D
'cause you need one
     G                             Em
you see I'm not gonna write you a love song
            A
'cause you tell me it's
            D
make or breaking this

     G                    Em
Is that why you wanted a love song?
            A
'cause you asked for it
            D
'cause you need one
     G                            Em
you see I'm not gonna write you a love song
            A                      
'cause you tell me it's
            D
make or breakin' this
           G
If you're on your way
               Em           A
I'm not gonna write you to stay
         G
If your heart is nowhere in it
         A
I don't want it for a minute
            Bm
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas
         F#m
when I believe that there's a reason
    G           A             Em   G  Bm  D
to write you a love song today, today