Verse 1:
          Ab           Eb
"I don't love you anymore"
          Fm             Db
a pretty line that I adore
     Ab               Eb       Fm     Fsus4
Five words that I've heard before
            Ab            Eb
'Cause you keep me on a rope
             Fm               Db
And tied a noose around my throat
        Ab             Eb      Fm     Fsus4
You're gone then back at my door
 
 
Pre-Chorus:
                 Ab                                 Cm
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast
      Fm                           Db
Can't live a little longer sitting on your lap
       Ab                                      Cm
'Cause you know what you're doin' when you're comin' back
    Fm                         Db
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
 
 
Chorus:
    -nc-
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash
                  Fm       Db
Every other week, when you please
    Ab Cm     Fm     Db                   Ab
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need
    Cm                Fm
The lie between your teeth
 
 
Post-Chorus:
    Db               Ab
The cut that always bleeds
Cm      Fm
-Ah-ah-ah-
    Db               Ab
The cut that always bleeds
Cm      Fm       Db
-Ah-ah-ah-
 
 
Verse 2:
        Ab             Cm
Say you love somebody new
             Fm                 Db
Then beat my heart to black and blue
          Ab               Cm           Fm       Db
Then they leave, and it's me you come back to -Ah-ah-
           Ab            Cm
To say you loved me all along
             Fm                   Db
And kiss the bruises 'til they're gone
      Ab                     Cm                   Fm       Db
Bittersweet, 'cause I can't breathe inside your arms
 
 
Pre-Chorus:
                 Ab                                 Cm
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast
      Fm                           Db
Can't live another minute bleedin' from my back
       Ab                                   Cm
'Cause I don't have another one for you to stab
    Fm                         Db
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
 
 
Chorus:
    -nc-
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash
                  Fm       Db
Every other week, when you please
    Ab Cm     Fm     Db                   Ab
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need
    Cm                Fm
The lie between your teeth
 
 
Post-Chorus:
    Db               Ab
The cut that always bleeds
Cm      Fm
-Ah-ah-ah-
    Db               Ab
The cut that always bleeds
Cm      Fm    Db
-Ah-ah-ah-
 
 
Bridge:
Ab     Cm           Fm                 Db
-Ooh-ooh-ooh- But even though you're killing me, yeah
Ab     Cm         Fm                Db
-Ooh-ooh-ooh- I need you like the air I breathe
  Ab                Cm
I need, I need you more than me
  Fm                 Db
I need you more than anything
Ab  Cm    Fm  Db
Please, please
 
 
Outro:
-nc-                              Ab
'Cause I could be your lover on a leash
Cm           Fm             Db
Every other week, when you please
    Ab Cm     Fm Db            Ab
Oh, I could be anything you need
   Cm                 Fm
As long as you don't leave
    Db
The cut that always -