I’m Trying (Not Friends)

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Verse 1:
B
London 2020
                     E
Boy and a girl broke up, yeah, it's two a penny
                        Abm
And I been tryna make a big step forward
Gb
Saw you, it was awkward
E
Nothing like I thought would happen happened
B                                                E
I was so in love, and that don't come off in the wash

Kinda hope it does, though
                             Abm
'Cause you're seeing someone pretty and I hate her guts
Gb                           E
So I'll be telling you she's nice on the bus home

Chorus:
        B
We were bad but we're gonna be good
          E
It didn't work like I thought it would
         Abm                          Gb
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest
             E
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise
      B
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride
        E
And you swore you would do better this time
                Abm                    Gb                   E
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying
                        B
But at least I'm trying
B
-At least I'm trying-

At least I'm trying

Verse 2:
B
Three shots, lemon drops
                       E
One for being lost and alone in your early twenties
                                Abm
One for being obsessed with someone who puts you secondary
Gb                           E
One for calling guys with guitars in a cemetery

Just me? Okay
B                                             E
If I'm being frank, I want a "sorry" but I'll settle for a handshake
                           Abm                     Gb
'Cause I'm a baby but I'm gonna be the bigger man, babe
                     E
So many blank slates I could build a whole xxxxing house

Chorus:
        B
We were bad but we're gonna be good
          E
It didn't work like I thought it would
         Abm                          Gb
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest
             E
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise
      B
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride
        E
And you swore you would do better this time
                Abm                    Gb                   E
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying
                        B
But at least I'm trying

At least I'm trying

Bridge:
    B
Not friends

No, we're somewhere in between
              E                                                      Abm
'Cause you're awful and I miss you and I killed you in my dream last night
     Gb
Even then you didn't care
       E
It's a low when even in my dreams you still don't want me there
    B
Got friends, got at least a healthy five
           E
Yeah, some people think I'm funny, baby, don't look so surprised -Some people think I'm funny!-
   Abm             Gb
We think that your girlfriend is a bore
          E
But we're nice to her in public cause we're grown up and mature
    B
Not friends
                                             E
'Cause when I asked you on the train why you hurt me and you couldn't really actually explain
  Abm           Gb
I cried, then I told you it was cool
         E
God, you haven't changed at all!

Chorus:
        B
We were bad but we're gonna be good
          E
It didn't work like I thought it would
         Abm                          Gb
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest
             E
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise
      B
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride
        E
And you swore you would do better this time
                Abm                    Gb                   E
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying
                 Abm                   Gb                       E
And you might be awful like all of the time, yeah, it's almost inspiring
                      B
But at least I'm trying
B
At least I'm trying
B
At least I'm trying
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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~Saturday 8th of March~

Biography

With her tuneful acoustic folk-pop songs and youthful charm, British singer/songwriter Maisie Peters earned a widespread YouTube following in the mid-2010s. In 2017, when Peters was 17 years old, her debut single, “Place We Were Made”, became a viral hit, amassing millions of streams. A natural storyteller who wrote her first song when she was just nine, the West Sussex native began uploading her songs to YouTube in 2015, quickly earning fans and comparisons to artists like Birdy and Taylor Swift

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