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