Verse 1:
          B           Gb
"I don't love you anymore"
          Abm             E
a pretty line that I adore
     B               Gb       Abm     Absus4
Five words that I've heard before
            B            Gb
'Cause you keep me on a rope
             Abm               E
And tied a noose around my throat
        B             Gb      Abm     Absus4
You're gone then back at my door
 
 
Pre-Chorus:
                 B                                 Ebm
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast
      Abm                           E
Can't live a little longer sitting on your lap
       B                                      Ebm
'Cause you know what you're doin' when you're comin' back
    Abm                         E
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
 
 
Chorus:
    -nc-
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash
                  Abm       E
Every other week, when you please
    B Ebm     Abm     E                   B
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need
    Ebm                Abm
The lie between your teeth
 
 
Post-Chorus:
    E               B
The cut that always bleeds
Ebm      Abm
-Ah-ah-ah-
    E               B
The cut that always bleeds
Ebm      Abm       E
-Ah-ah-ah-
 
 
Verse 2:
        B             Ebm
Say you love somebody new
             Abm                 E
Then beat my heart to black and blue
          B               Ebm           Abm       E
Then they leave, and it's me you come back to -Ah-ah-
           B            Ebm
To say you loved me all along
             Abm                   E
And kiss the bruises 'til they're gone
      B                     Ebm                   Abm       E
Bittersweet, 'cause I can't breathe inside your arms
 
 
Pre-Chorus:
                 B                                 Ebm
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast
      Abm                           E
Can't live another minute bleedin' from my back
       B                                   Ebm
'Cause I don't have another one for you to stab
    Abm                         E
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
 
 
Chorus:
    -nc-
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash
                  Abm       E
Every other week, when you please
    B Ebm     Abm     E                   B
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need
    Ebm                Abm
The lie between your teeth
 
 
Post-Chorus:
    E               B
The cut that always bleeds
Ebm      Abm
-Ah-ah-ah-
    E               B
The cut that always bleeds
Ebm      Abm    E
-Ah-ah-ah-
 
 
Bridge:
B     Ebm           Abm                 E
-Ooh-ooh-ooh- But even though you're killing me, yeah
B     Ebm         Abm                E
-Ooh-ooh-ooh- I need you like the air I breathe
  B                Ebm
I need, I need you more than me
  Abm                 E
I need you more than anything
B  Ebm    Abm  E
Please, please
 
 
Outro:
-nc-                              B
'Cause I could be your lover on a leash
Ebm           Abm             E
Every other week, when you please
    B Ebm     Abm E            B
Oh, I could be anything you need
   Ebm                 Abm
As long as you don't leave
    E
The cut that always -