Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
D#m B5 A#5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
D#m
I never stopped to think of you
B5 A#5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
D#m
You are the antidote that gets me by
B5 D#m B5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B5 D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
C#
Never meant to be so cold
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B5 D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
D#m B5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
A#5 D#m
Maybe in a different light
B5 D#m
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
D#m
You are the antidote that got me by
B5 D#m B5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B5 D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
C#
Never meant to be so cold
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#sus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B5 D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
D#m
Never meant to be so cold
D#m
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
B5 D#m C#sus2 B5 D#m C# C#
[Bridge]
B5 D#m
I never really wanted you to see
C#sus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
B5 D#m
Locked inside of me so deep
C#sus2
it always seems to get to me
B5 D#m
I never really wanted you to go
C#sus2
So many things you should have known
B5 D#m
I guess for me there's just no hope
C#
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
C#
Never meant to be so cold
B5 D#m
What I really meant to say
C#5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
B D#m C#
I never meant to be so cold
D#m
Never meant to be so cold
D#m B5 A#5 C#sus2 C#
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