Chorus:
Abm                            Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Abm                  Dbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Ebm7                       Bmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Abm                    Dbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Ebm7                         Bmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Abm                             Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Verse 1:
Abm                     Dbm7         Ebm7
I walked into the room dripping in gold
Bmaj7
Yeah, dripping in gold
Abm                     Dbm7         Ebm7
I walked into the room dripping in gold
Bmaj7
Dripping in gold
Abm                  Dbm7         Ebm7
A wave of heads did turn, or so I've been told
Bmaj7
Or so I've been told
Abm                    Dbm7                    Ebm7
My heart broke when I saw you kept your gaze controlled
Bmaj7
Oh, I cannot solve
 
Chorus:
Abm                             Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Abm                   Dbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Ebm7                       Bmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Abm                    Dbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Ebm7                         Bmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Abm                             Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Interlude -x2-: Abm Dbm7 Ebm7 Bmaj7
 
Bridge:
Abm         Dbm7            Ebm7   Bmaj7
Let's just stop and think before I lose faith
Abm     Dbm7           Ebm7   Bmaj7
Surely I can't fall, into a game of chess
Abm                        Dbm7
Around his little finger, that boy has got me curled
Ebm7                         Bmaj7
I try to reach out, but he's in his own world
Abm                          Dbm7
This boy's got my head tied in knots with all his games
Ebm7                              Bmaj7
I simply want him more because he looks the other way
 
Chorus:
Abm                             Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Abm                   Dbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Ebm7                       Bmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Abm                    Dbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Ebm7                         Bmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Abm                             Dbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Ebm7                   Bmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Outro -x2-: Abm Dbm7 Ebm7 Bmaj7