Intro:  Dm C Am G x2


Verse1:

Dm (xx0231@1) CAm		GDon't (320003@1)mind if you treat me bad again
DmC	Am (x02210@1)     GI (320003@1)don't care anymore
Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)AmG
Life's too short to make trouble out of small things
     F (133211@1)       CIt (x32010@1)is better this way
FC
I'm sort of laid back today



Verse2:

Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)GI (320003@1)close my ears when words come flying out
Dm (xx0231@1)    CAm       GI've (320003@1)heard them all before
Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)	AmG
With just a lot of hope flushing down the drain
F (133211@1)       CIt (x32010@1)is better this way
FC
I am going away



Chorus:

AmF	CG
I try to learn some more
AmF	CG
Instead of dragging the both of us down
AmF	CG
If I separate ways
Dm (xx0231@1)CIt's (x32010@1)never easy this way
F (133211@1)CIt's (x32010@1)never easy this way



Verse3:
Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)	AmG
my palms are sweating I'm barely aware
Dm (xx0231@1)    CAm       Gwhen (320003@1)I'm turning down
Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)	AmG
A soulful life that is what I've been told
FC
Think it's better this way
FC
I won't regret it one day



Chorus:

AmF	CG
I try to learn some more
AmF	CG
Instead of dragging the both of us down
AmF	CG
If I separate ways
Dm (xx0231@1)CIt's (x32010@1)never easy this way
F (133211@1)CIt's (x32010@1)never easy this way



Bridge:

Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)        
Talk to me, throw the ball back
F (133211@1)I've been here before
         GThere (320003@1)is no turning down
Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)	
Talk to me, just tell it like it is
FJust (133211@1)two free souls going out each other at each other


Verse4:

We're at the crossroad, going separate ways

Time to say it as it is

And if we bump into each other one day

We'll be better then

Maybe we can start all over again