Fm A#m Fm F#
He don't know I call him the teacher
Fm A#m Fm F#
He had hard lessons for the kid
Fm C
I get I put you through hell
C# Cm
He put me under the same spell
A#m C Fm
He lied man, he stressed me out
Fm A#m Fm F#
You loved me like a precious gift
Fm A#m Fm F#
And he loved me like a sloppy kiss
Fm C
You would tell me your heartaches
C# Cm
Now I understand the pain
A#m C Fm
Oh why did I let you drown
A#m Cm Fm
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
A#m Cm Fm
You say memories
Play again and again
A#m Cm Fm
I see the reel now it's real to me
Fm G# G
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F# Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
Fm A#m Fm F#
You had no problems with commitment
Fm A#m Fm F#
Like a king is loyal to what’s his
Fm C
You looked for a ring to fit
C# Cm
While I played wifey with a kid
A#m C Fm
Oh the irony makes me sick
Fm A#m Fm F#
He tried to make me look crazy
Fm A#m Fm F#
Nothing new about his kind of scheme
Fm C
I laugh when I think about
C# Cm
His face when truth nearly spilled out
A#m C Fm
He looked like me I get that now
A#m Cm Fm
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
A#m Cm Fm
You say memories
Play again and again
A#m Cm Fm
I see the reel now it's real to me
Fm G# G
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F# Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
Fm F#
Slipping through my hand
A#m Cm Fm
Oooooooh
A#m Cm Fm
Oooooooh
A#m Cm Fm
Baby would you believe
That I've been broken
A#m Cm Fm
You say memories
Play again and again
A#m Cm Fm
I see the reel now it's real to me
Fm G# G
I gave up gold for grains of sand
F# C# Cm
Slipping through my hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand, oooh
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand
C# Cm
Slipping through my hand, hand, hand