IntroAbVerse 1AbAb/G
You don't need to love me, Or tell me that you do,
Ab/FAb/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
EbsusEb
You'd see it grow,
Dbmaj9Bbm7Eb7/Bb
You don't need to love me,
Ab
To know
Verse 2AbAb/G
You don't need to need me, It's better that you don't,
Dbmaj9/FAb/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
Bbm11Dbmaj9EbsusEb
But we both could use a friend who will always check the phone and take the call
Dbmaj9/FAb/GEb7sus
You don't need to need me
AbsusAb
At all
BridgeDbEb9/DbDbsus2
Let me be your emergency contact
Eb9/DbAbsusAbAbsus
Your occasional plus-one
Ab/GDb6/9/FDbsus2
Your excuse to take a sick day
Dbsus2Db Eb9sus Eb
When the forecast calls for sun
CmAbmaj7/C
We can keep on being lonely
Cm7Fm7FmDbsus2/F
But we don't have to be apart
Bbm7Bbm7
And I'll never even ask you
Abmaj7/CDb
To let me have your heart
Bbm7Bbm7Abmaj7/CDbmaj9
So I'll never break your heart
Bbm7Bbm7Ab/CDbmaj9Db6/9
No, I'll never break your heart
Verse 3Ab5Ab5/G
You don't need to love me, To let me help you through
Dbsus2/FFm7Eb7sus
You don't need to confide in me, I've got crap enough for two
Ab/CDbmaj9Db6/9 Fm7/CAbsus2/C
You don't need to answer, I'll know before you do
Fm7/BbAbsus/Bb
But hear me
Fm7/CAbmaj7/Eb
And believe me
DbEb7/DbDbEb9/DbDbmaj9
That you don't need to love me
Ab
The way that I love you
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