Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
G#m E5 D#5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
G#m
I never stopped to think of you
E5 D#5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
G#m
You are the antidote that gets me by
E5 G#m E5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E5 G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
F#
Never meant to be so cold
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E5 G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
G#m E5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
D#5 G#m
Maybe in a different light
E5 G#m
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
G#m
You are the antidote that got me by
E5 G#m E5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E5 G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
F#
Never meant to be so cold
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E5 G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
G#m
Never meant to be so cold
G#m
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
E5 G#m F#sus2 E5 G#m F# F#
[Bridge]
E5 G#m
I never really wanted you to see
F#sus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
E5 G#m
Locked inside of me so deep
F#sus2
it always seems to get to me
E5 G#m
I never really wanted you to go
F#sus2
So many things you should have known
E5 G#m
I guess for me there's just no hope
F#
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
F#
Never meant to be so cold
E5 G#m
What I really meant to say
F#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
E G#m F#
I never meant to be so cold
G#m
Never meant to be so cold
G#m E5 D#5 F#sus2 F#
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