Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
Fm C#5 C5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
Fm
I never stopped to think of you
C#5 C5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
Fm
You are the antidote that gets me by
C#5 Fm C#5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C#5 Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
D#
Never meant to be so cold
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C#5 Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
Fm C#5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
C5 Fm
Maybe in a different light
C#5 Fm
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
Fm
You are the antidote that got me by
C#5 Fm C#5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C#5 Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
D#
Never meant to be so cold
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C#5 Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
Fm
Never meant to be so cold
Fm
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
C#5 Fm D#sus2 C#5 Fm D# D#
[Bridge]
C#5 Fm
I never really wanted you to see
D#sus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
C#5 Fm
Locked inside of me so deep
D#sus2
it always seems to get to me
C#5 Fm
I never really wanted you to go
D#sus2
So many things you should have known
C#5 Fm
I guess for me there's just no hope
D#
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C# Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
D#
Never meant to be so cold
C#5 Fm
What I really meant to say
D#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C# Fm D#
I never meant to be so cold
Fm
Never meant to be so cold
Fm C#5 C5 D#sus2 D#
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