Intro: Gm  Bb  Dm  F 
 
Gm            Bb 
  Head under water  
         Dm 
And you tell me  
            F 
To breathe easy for awhile  
Gm                  Bb 
 The breathing gets harder  
     Dm       F 
Even I know that  
Gm              Bb 
  Made room for me  
                 Dm 
It's too soon to see  
        F 
If I'm happy in your hands  
Gm           Bb              Dm    F 
  I'm unusually hard to hold on to  
 
Gm          F/A 
 Blank stares at blank pages  
Bb        C 
 No easy way to say this  
Gm                F/A             Bb 
 You mean well but you make this hard on me  
 
                           Gm 
I'm not gonna write you a love song  
           C 
Cause you ask for it  
           F 
Cause you need one  
     Bb                             Gm 
You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song  
           C                     F 
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this  
              Bb 
If you're on your way  
               Gm            F 
I'm not gonna write you to stay  
   Dm                
If all you have is leavin'  
           G/B 
I'm gonna need a better reason  
         Bb     C 
To write you a love song  
  Gm Bb  Dm   F   
Today, Today..  
 
Gm             Bb 
 I learnt the hard way  
          Dm 
That they all say  
  F 
Things you wanna hear  
Gm          Bb         Dm       F 
 My heavy heart sinks deep down under  
Gm                   Bb 
You and Your twisted words  
                Dm 
Your help just hurts  
         F                       Gm 
You are not what I thought you were  
   Bb     Dm       F 
Hello to high and dry  
 
Gm           F/A 
 Convinced me to please you  
Bb           C                  Gm 
Made me think that I need this too  
             F/A       Bb 
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am  
 
                           Gm 
I'm not gonna write you a love song  
           C 
Cause you ask for it  
           F 
Cause you need one  
     Bb                             Gm 
You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song  
           C                     F 
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this  
              Bb 
If you're on your way  
               Gm            F 
I'm not gonna write you to stay  
   Dm                
If all you have is leavin'  
           G/B 
I'm gonna need a better reason  
         Bb     C 
To write you a love song  
   Dm 
 today  
     Am    Bb 
Promise me  
                  F    C  Dm 
You'll leave the light on  
           Am  Bb 
To help me see  
                  F     C   Dm 
The daylight my guide, gone  
         Am 
Cause I believe  
          Bb 
There's a way  
         C 
You can love me  
 
Because I say  
 
                           Gm 
I'm not gonna write you a love song  
           C 
Cause you ask for it  
           F 
Cause you need one  
     Bb                             Gm 
You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song  
           C                     F 
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this  
( Gm F/A Bb C Dm )       Gm 
Is that why you wanted a love song?  
           C 
Cause you asked for it  
           F 
Cause you need one  
     Bb                             Gm 
You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song  
           C                     F 
Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this  
              Bb 
If you're on your way  
               Gm            F 
I'm not gonna write you to stay  
        Bb 
If your heart is nowhere in it  
         C 
I don't want it for a minute  
        Dm      
Babe, I walk the seven seas  
        G/B                              Bb          C 
When I believe that there's a reason to write you a love song  
  Gm Bb  Dm   F    Gm Bb  Dm   F 
Today, Today..