Intro -x2-: Eb  Bb
 
Verse 1:
   Eb
Standing in the open light
    Bb
Within the swelter of the night
   F                       Bb
I found myself staring at you
     Eb
And every time our fingers touched
   Bb
I felt like it would be too much
     F                  Bb
And too little to hang onto
 
Refrain:
          Eb                  F
I cannot fall in love with you
          Bb                           Gm
I cannot feel this way so soon, so soon
          Cm               F
I cannot be this way with you
          Bb                  Gm
I cannot fall in love with you
 
Chorus:
          Cm
I knew it when you looked my way
            F
That I'd be begging you to stay
           Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
            Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
          Cm
I felt it burning in the way
            F
I held on when you pulled away
            Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
           Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
           Cm     F
I couldn't say it
                Bb
I couldn't just say it
 
Verse 2:
    Eb
And every evening, every time
   Bb
I keep replaying in my mind
      F                      Bb
And wondering if you do the same
    Eb
And if it makes you lose your breath
    Bb
And if it makes you just forget
     F                   Bb
That all of it's a bit insane
 
Refrain:
          Eb                 F
I cannot fall in love with you
         Bb                 Gm
I cannot feel this way so soon
         Cm                 F
I cannot be this way with you
         Bb                Gm
I cannot fall in love with you
 
Chorus:
          Cm
I knew it when you looked my way
            F
That I'd be begging you to stay
           Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
            Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
          Cm
I felt it burning in the way
            F
I held on when you pulled away
            Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
           Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
          Cm
I knew it when you looked my way
            F
That I'd be begging you to stay
           Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
            Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
          Cm
I felt it burning in the way
            F
I held on when you pulled away
            Bb
I couldn't say it to myself
           Gm
I couldn't say it to myself
           Cm       F
I couldn't say it
                Bb      Gm
I couldn't just say it
 
Outro:
              Eb                 F
But I cannot fall in love with you
          Bb                       Gm
I cannot feel this way so soon, so soon
          Cm                F
I cannot be this way with you
          Bb                  Gm
I cannot fall in love with you