Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
Em C5 B5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
Em
I never stopped to think of you
C5 B5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
Em
You are the antidote that gets me by
C5 Em C5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
Dsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C5 Em D
I never meant to be so cold
D
Never meant to be so cold
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
Dsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C5 Em D
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
Em C5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
B5 Em
Maybe in a different light
C5 Em
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
Em
You are the antidote that got me by
C5 Em C5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
Dsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C5 Em D
I never meant to be so cold
D
Never meant to be so cold
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
Dsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C5 Em D
I never meant to be so cold
Em
Never meant to be so cold
Em
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
C5 Em Dsus2 C5 Em D D
[Bridge]
C5 Em
I never really wanted you to see
Dsus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
C5 Em
Locked inside of me so deep
Dsus2
it always seems to get to me
C5 Em
I never really wanted you to go
Dsus2
So many things you should have known
C5 Em
I guess for me there's just no hope
D
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
D5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C Em D
I never meant to be so cold
D
Never meant to be so cold
C5 Em
What I really meant to say
D5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
C Em D
I never meant to be so cold
Em
Never meant to be so cold
Em C5 B5 Dsus2 D
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