Chorus:
Fm                            Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Fm                  Bbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Cm7                       Abmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Fm                    Bbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Cm7                         Abmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Fm                             Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Verse 1:
Fm                     Bbm7         Cm7
I walked into the room dripping in gold
Abmaj7
Yeah, dripping in gold
Fm                     Bbm7         Cm7
I walked into the room dripping in gold
Abmaj7
Dripping in gold
Fm                  Bbm7         Cm7
A wave of heads did turn, or so I've been told
Abmaj7
Or so I've been told
Fm                    Bbm7                    Cm7
My heart broke when I saw you kept your gaze controlled
Abmaj7
Oh, I cannot solve
 
Chorus:
Fm                             Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Fm                   Bbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Cm7                       Abmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Fm                    Bbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Cm7                         Abmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Fm                             Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Interlude -x2-: Fm Bbm7 Cm7 Abmaj7
 
Bridge:
Fm         Bbm7            Cm7   Abmaj7
Let's just stop and think before I lose faith
Fm     Bbm7           Cm7   Abmaj7
Surely I can't fall, into a game of chess
Fm                        Bbm7
Around his little finger, that boy has got me curled
Cm7                         Abmaj7
I try to reach out, but he's in his own world
Fm                          Bbm7
This boy's got my head tied in knots with all his games
Cm7                              Abmaj7
I simply want him more because he looks the other way
 
Chorus:
Fm                             Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I stare at you
Fm                   Bbm7
Why can't I keep you safe as my own?
Cm7                       Abmaj7
One moment I have you, the next, you are gone
Fm                    Bbm7
Rehearsed steps on an empty stage
Cm7                         Abmaj7
That boy's got my heart in a silver cage
Fm                             Bbm7
Why can't you want me like the other boys do?
Cm7                   Abmaj7
They stare at me while I crave you
 
Outro -x2-: Fm Bbm7 Cm7 Abmaj7