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