Key: A5 , B5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Intro: F#5  D5 A5  x2


Verse 1:
    F#5    D5   A5
You are my fire
    F#5   D5   A5
The one desire
  F#5        D5 A5
Believe when I say
F#5       E5    A5
I want it that way
    F#5    D5
But we are two
A5       F#5
worlds apart
      D5     A5
Can't reach to
     F#5
your heart
     D5   A5
When you say
     F#5
That I want
   E5    A5
it that way


Chorus 1:
     D5
Tell me why Ain't
              E5    F#5
nothing but a heartache
        D5
Tell me why Ain't
              E5  F#5
nothing but a mistake)
        D5
Tell me why I never
      E5        A5
wanna hear you say
F#5       E5    A5
I want it that way


Verse 2:
   F#5    D5   A5
Am I your fire
     F#5   D5   A5
Your one desire
      F#5       D5   A5
Yes I know it's too late
    F#5       E5    A5
But I want it that way


Chorus 2:
     D5
Tell me why Ain't
              E5    F#5
nothing but a heartache
        D5
Tell me why Ain't
              E5  F#5
nothing but a mistake)
        D5
Tell me why I never
      E5        A5
wanna hear you say
F#5       C#5
I want it that way


Bridge:
F#5
Now I can see that
      E5
we're falling apart
         D5
From the way that
           B5  E5
it used to be (Yeah)
   F#5
No matter the distance
  E5
I want you to know
     D5                   E5
That deep down inside of me


Verse 2:
    D5      E5   F#5
You are my fire
    D5     E5   F#5
The one desire
    D5
You are You are
    E5       A5  F#5
You are You are
Bm(hold)
  Don't wanna hear you


Chorus 3: Modulate from A to B
E5
Ain't nothing
      F#5   Ab5
but a heartache
E5
Ain't nothing
      F#5 Ab5
but a mistake
(I never wanna 
hear you say)
E5
  I never wanna
F#5       B5
hear you say
Abm(Hold)     E5    B5
    I want it that way


Chorus 4:
     E5
Tell me why Ain't
              F#5   Ab5
nothing but a heartache
        E5
Tell me why Ain't
              F#5 Ab5
nothing but a mistake)
        E5
Tell me why I never
      F#5       B5
wanna hear you say
Ab5       F#5   B5
I want it that way
    Abm(hold) F#(hold) B(hold)
coz I want it that     way