Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe


Intro: G#5 - C#5 - F#5 - G#5 -


Verse 1:
G#5
Mama never taught me how to love
C#5
Daddy never taught me how to feel
F#5
Mama never taught me how to touch
      G#5
Daddy never showed me how to heal
G#5
Mama never set a good example
      C#5
Daddy never held mama's hand
F#5
Mama found everything hard to handle
      G#5
Daddy never stood up like a man

Refrain 1:
             E5     F#5
I've walked around broken
B5           C#5
emotionally frozen
        E5          F#5
Getting on getting on

Chorus 1:
           G#5
How do you love someone?
        E5
Without getting hurt
           B5
How do you love someone?
        F#5
Without crawling

in the dirt
       G#5
So far in my life
            E5
Clouds have blocked the 
               G#5
sun How do you love how 
       F#5   E5
do you love someone?
           G#5
How do you love how
       F#5       E5
do you love someone?

Verse 2:
G#5
I was always the chosen child
           C#5
To be the scandal I became
     F#5
They told me I'd never survive
       G#5
but survival's my middle name

Refrain 2:
              E5     F#5
I've walking around hoping
B5           C#5
just barely coping
        E5          F#5
Getting on getting on

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:
             C#5
It's hard to talk
   E5
to see what's deep inside
             C#5
It's hard to tell the truth
E5
when you've always lied

Interlude: 
G#5 - C#5 - F#5 - C#5 - x2


(Repeat chorus 1)

Chorus 2:
           G#5
How do you love someone?
    E5
and make it less
           B5
How do you love someone?
        F#5
Without filthing

in the keeps
       G#5
So far in my life
            E5
Clouds have blocked the 
               G#5
sun How do you love how 
       F#5   E5
do you love someone?
           G#5
How do you love how
       F#5       E5
do you love someone?

Outro:
    G#5 E5 G#5 (hold)
someone