Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
A#m F#5 F5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
A#m
I never stopped to think of you
F#5 F5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
A#m
You are the antidote that gets me by
F#5 A#m F#5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F#5 A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
G#
Never meant to be so cold
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F#5 A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
A#m F#5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
F5 A#m
Maybe in a different light
F#5 A#m
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
A#m
You are the antidote that got me by
F#5 A#m F#5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F#5 A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
G#
Never meant to be so cold
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F#5 A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
A#m
Never meant to be so cold
A#m
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
F#5 A#m G#sus2 F#5 A#m G# G#
[Bridge]
F#5 A#m
I never really wanted you to see
G#sus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
F#5 A#m
Locked inside of me so deep
G#sus2
it always seems to get to me
F#5 A#m
I never really wanted you to go
G#sus2
So many things you should have known
F#5 A#m
I guess for me there's just no hope
G#
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F# A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
G#
Never meant to be so cold
F#5 A#m
What I really meant to say
G#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
F# A#m G#
I never meant to be so cold
A#m
Never meant to be so cold
A#m F#5 F5 G#sus2 G#
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