Verse
is usually strummed just once.
[Verse]
C#m A5 G#5
Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right (pause)
C#m
I never stopped to think of you
A5 G#5
I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win (pause)
C#m
You are the antidote that gets me by
A5 C#m A5
Something strong like a drug that gets me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
Bsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A5 C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
B
Never meant to be so cold
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
Bsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A5 C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so
[Verse]
C#m A5
Cold to you, I'm sorry about all the lies
G#5 C#m
Maybe in a different light
A5 C#m
You can see me stand on my own again cause now I can see
C#m
You are the antidote that got me by
A5 C#m A5
Something strong like a drug that got me hiiiiiiiiiiigh
[Chorus]
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
Bsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A5 C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
B
Never meant to be so cold
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
Bsus2
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A5 C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
C#m
Never meant to be so cold
C#m
I never meant to be, so cold
[Interlude]
(ohhh part just uses same chorus progression)
A5 C#m Bsus2 A5 C#m B B
[Bridge]
A5 C#m
I never really wanted you to see
Bsus2
The screwed side of me that I keep
A5 C#m
Locked inside of me so deep
Bsus2
it always seems to get to me
A5 C#m
I never really wanted you to go
Bsus2
So many things you should have known
A5 C#m
I guess for me there's just no hope
B
I never meant to be so cold
[Chorus]
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
B5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
B
Never meant to be so cold
A5 C#m
What I really meant to say
B5
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
A C#m B
I never meant to be so cold
C#m
Never meant to be so cold
C#m A5 G#5 Bsus2 B
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