Verse 1:
 G                               D
Apology without change is manipulation
          Em                          C
Oh, and loving you always had me hesitating
       G                    D
She played you, then you played me
     Em                    C
You said this time don't worry
         G                  D
You made me a fool and I followed the rules
       Em              C
Never good enough for you
 
Verse 2:
     G                               D
The way you talk to someone is a reflection
       Em                                     C
Of how much respect you have for them as a person
G                     D
On and off, no consistency
        Em                  C         Em
Strung me along and my feelings
              D
Like I was nothing
 
Interlude: C
 
Chorus:
G          D
I fell in love with your potential
   Em        C
Always made you my essential
 G                 D
Why did everyday feel like a chase?
   Em                     C
Shouldn't loving someone go both ways?
 
Verse 3:
       G
I'vе said it once and I'll say it again
 

           D
'cause I mean it
        Em
I won't bе the girl that you use to get over
        C
your feelings
          G                          D
And it's sad that you showed me attention
                  Em
But somebody questioned
                                           C
Made me feel like a trophy in all of the worst

ways
                 G
That ain't affection
 D                Em       C
No, that ain't affection
 
Chorus:
       G           D
'Cause I fell in love with your potential
 

 Em          C
Always made you my essential
 G                 D
Why did everyday feel like a chase?
  Em                     C
Shouldn't loving someone go both ways?
 
Bridge:
      Em
And maybe if it's right
         D
And you became the perfect guy
       C
Who knows what to do
           G
Oh, but you're just a child
    Em
And I know I deserve someone who
         D
Can appreciate my worth
       C
'Cause I gave you my undivided
  G
You showed me this was single-sided
 
Chorus:
   G              D
'Cause I fell in love with your potential
  Em          C
Always made you my essential
 G                 D
Why did everyday feel like a chase?
   Em                     C
Shouldn't loving someone go both ways?
 G        D
Drainin' all my energy
       Em               C
For someone who never made me a priority
G                  D
Why did everyday feel like a chase?
 Em                       C
Shouldn't loving someone go both ways?
 
Outro:
 G                                    D
I lowered the bar and baby it wasn't that hard
     Em                              C
So, good luck to the next girl's broken heart you cause
  G                                 D
Built you boy in my dream, can't believe you'd mislead
    Em                                C
a girl who was ready to give you everything