Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
F#m D5 C#5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
F#m
I never stopped to think of you
D5 C#5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
F#m
You are the antidote that gets me by
D5 F#m D5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
Esus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D5 F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
E
Never meant to be so cold
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
Esus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D5 F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
F#m D5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
C#5 F#m
Maybe in a different light
D5 F#m
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
F#m
You are the antidote that got me by
D5 F#m D5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
Esus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D5 F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
E
Never meant to be so cold
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
Esus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D5 F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
F#m
Never meant to be so cold
F#m
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
D5 F#m Esus2 D5 F#m E E
[Bridge]
D5 F#m
I never really wanted you to see
Esus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
D5 F#m
Locked inside of me so deep
Esus2
it always seems to get to me
D5 F#m
I never really wanted you to go
Esus2
So many things you should have known
D5 F#m
I guess for me there's just no hope
E
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
E5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
E
Never meant to be so cold
D5 F#m
What I really meant to say
E5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
D F#m E
I never meant to be so cold
F#m
Never meant to be so cold
F#m D5 C#5 Esus2 E
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