Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
Dm A#5 A5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
Dm
I never stopped to think of you
A#5 A5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
Dm
You are the antidote that gets me by
A#5 Dm A#5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
Csus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A#5 Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
C
Never meant to be so cold
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
Csus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A#5 Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
Dm A#5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
A5 Dm
Maybe in a different light
A#5 Dm
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
Dm
You are the antidote that got me by
A#5 Dm A#5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
Csus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A#5 Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
C
Never meant to be so cold
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
Csus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A#5 Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
Dm
Never meant to be so cold
Dm
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
A#5 Dm Csus2 A#5 Dm C C
[Bridge]
A#5 Dm
I never really wanted you to see
Csus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
A#5 Dm
Locked inside of me so deep
Csus2
it always seems to get to me
A#5 Dm
I never really wanted you to go
Csus2
So many things you should have known
A#5 Dm
I guess for me there's just no hope
C
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
C5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A# Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
C
Never meant to be so cold
A#5 Dm
What I really meant to say
C5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A# Dm C
I never meant to be so cold
Dm
Never meant to be so cold
Dm A#5 A5 Csus2 C
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