Verse 1CFC
Taking it slowly
AmFC
I'm afraid to be lonely
CFC
Nobody told me
DmAmFC
It's harder than I thought to tell the truth
CFC
It's gonna leave you in pieces
AmFC
All alone with your demons
CFC
And I know that we need this
AmFC
But I've been too afraid to follow through
ChorusCFC
Hold me close and I won't leave
AmCFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
CFC
So much to say but I don't speak
AmCFC
And I hate that I let you stop me
AmGFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
Verse 2CFC
Don't know where the time went
AmFC
Stuck in the wrong mindset
CFC
I let the rules bend
AmFC
When I know that all along they're made to break
CFC
You got me searching for reasons
AmFC
To keep me from leaving
CFC
And that I have trouble breathing
DmFC
I give myself another chance to stay
ChorusCFC
Hold me close and I won't leave
CFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
CFC
So much to say but I don't speak
FCFC
And I hate that I let you stop me
AmCFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
BridgeFC
One day before you know it, you will see
DmG
All of the pain and all the irony, yeah
DmC
You'll feel the stinging and you'll think of me
F
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
ChorusCFC
Hold me close and I won't leave
AmCFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
CFC
So much to say but I don't speak
AmGFC
And I hate that I let you stop me
CFC
Hold me close and I won't leave
AmFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
CFC
So much to say but I don't speak
CFC
And I hate that I let you stop me
AmGFC
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
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