Verse 1 (palm mute)]
FAb
It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten
DbAbG
what the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them
FAb
as the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping
DbAbG
through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten
Verse 2 (regular)]
FAb
there is no reconciliation that will put me in my place
DbAbG
and there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds
FAb
but seldom do these words ring true when I'm constantly failing you
DbAbG
walls that we just can't break through until we disappear
Pre-ChorusDb
so tell me now
EbDb
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
Eb (strum once, let ring)
cause I don't know
ChorusF
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
AbDb
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
AbGF
that's when I told her I love you girl
AbDbAbG
but I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa oh-oh oh
Instrumental Part]
FAbDbAbGVerse 3FAb
and the day pressed on like crushing weights for no man does it ever wait
DbAbG
like memories of dying days that deafen us like hurricanes
FAb
bathed in flames we held the brand uncurled the fingers in your hand
DbAbG
pressed into the flesh like sand now do you understand?
Pre-ChorusDb
so tell me now
EbDb
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
Eb (strum once, let ring)
cause I don't know
ChorusF
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
AbDb
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
AbGF
that's when I told her I love you girl
AbDbAbG
but I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa oh-oh oh
Bridge 1FEb
one thousand miles away there's nothing left to say
BbDbEb
but so much left that I don't know
FEbBb
we never had a choice this world is too much noise
DbEb
it takes me under it takes me under once again
Instrumental & Bridge 2 (Arpeggiate this part)]
BbDbGbDbCBbDb
I don't hate you
GbDb
I don't hate you, no
CF (but play high, not low)
so tell me now
EbDb
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
Eb (strum once, let ring)
cause I don't know
Chorus (back to normal strumming)]
F
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
AbDb
I just want to save you while there's still something left to save
AbGF
that's when I told her I love you girl
AbDbAbG
but I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa oh-oh oh
OutroFAb
I don't hate you
DbAbGF (strum once)
I don't hate you, no
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.