Intro: E  Gbm Dbm  B
 
Verse 1:
E                                   Gbm
  You promised the world and I fell for it
Dbm                                       B            E
   I put you first and you adored it, set fires to my forest
                   Gbm                    Dbm
And you let it burn, sang off-key in my chorus
                       B
'Cause it wasn't yours
 

E                          Gbm
  I saw the signs and I ignored it
Dbm                                        B           E
   Rose-colored glasses all distorted, set fire to my purpose
                 Gbm                    Dbm
And I let it burn, you got off on the hurtin'
                     B
When it wasn’t yours, yeah
 
Pre-chorus 1:
A                 E
  We'd always go into it blindly
B              E   
  I needed to lose you to find me
A                   E
  This dancing was killing me softly
B
  I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
 
Chorus 1:
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B                  E   
To love, yeah, I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B
To love, yeah, I needed to lose you to love me
 
Verse 2:
E                             Gbm
  I gave my all and they all know it
Dbm
   That you turned me down and now it's showing
[nc]
In two months, you replaced us
 

E               Gbm
  Like it was easy
                   Dbm
Made me think I deserved it
                        B
In the thick of healing, yeah
 
Pre-chorus 2:
A                 E
  We'd always go into it blindly
B              E   
  I needed to lose you to find me
A                   E
  This dancing was killing me softly
B
  I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
 
Chorus 2:
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B                  E   
To love, yeah, I needed to lose you to love me, yeah
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B
To love, yeah, I needed to lose you to love me
 
Verse 3:
E                                   Gbm
  You promised the world and I fell for it
Dbm                                       B            E
   I put you first and you adored it, set fires to my forest
                   Gbm                    Dbm
And you let it burn, sang off-key in my chorus
 
Chorus 3:
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B                  E   
To love, yeah, I needed to hate you to love me, yeah
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B
To love, yeah, I needed to lose you to love me
 
Outro:
A                        E
  To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B                 E                       A
To love, yeah, and now the chapter is closed and done
                       E
To love love, yeah, to love love, yeah
         B                                             A  E  B
To love, yeah, and now it's goodbye, it's goodbye for us