Verse 1

E5         G5
head under water
         B5
and they tell me
            D5
to breathe easy for a while
E5                 G5
but breathing gets harder
     B5       D5
even i know that


E5                G5
you made room for me
                    B5
but its too soon to see
       D5
if im happy in your hands
E5     G5                 B5     D5
im unusually hard to hold on to

Prechorus:
E5           D5
blank stares at blank pages
G5        A5
no easy way to say this
E5            D5                    G5
you mean well,  but you make this hard on me

Chorus:
                          E5
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           A5
'cause you asked for it
            D5            G5
'cause you need one, you see
                          E5
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           A5
'cause you tell me it's
         D5
make or break in this
        G5
if you're on your way
               E5           D5
i'm not gonna write you to stay
   B5                           E5
if all you have is leavin' im'a need a better reason
   G5            A5            E5  G5  B5  D5
to write you a love song today

Verse 2 (Same as verse 1)

i learned the hard way

that they all say

things you wanna hear

and my heavy heart

sings deep down under you

and your twisted words

your help just hurts

you were not what i thought you were

hello to high and dry

Prechorus:

convinced me to please you

made me think that i need this too

i'm trying to let you hear me as i am

Chorus

i'm not gonna write you a love song

'cause you asked for it

'cause you need one, you see

i'm not gonna write you a love song

'cause you tell me it's

make or break in this

if your on your way

i'm not gonna write you to stay

if all you have is leavin' im'a need a better reason

to write you a love song today

Bridge:
B5      F#5      G5
promise me
                 D5     A5
you'll leave the light on
B5         F#5      G5
to help me see
                  D5      A5
with daylight, my guide, gone
B5          F#5             G5
'cause i believe there's a way
        A5
you can love me because i say

Chorus:

i wont write you a love song

'cause you asked for it

'cause you need one you see

i'm not gonna write you a love song

'cause you tell me it's make or break in this

is that why you wanted a love song

'cause you asked for it

'cause you need one you see

im not gonna write you a love song

'cause you tell me it's make or break in this

if your on your way

im not gonna write you to stay
        G5
if your heart is no where in it
       A5
i dont want it for a minute
         B5
babe ill walk the seven seas
         F#5
when i believe that there's a reason
   G5           A5             E5  G5  B5  D5
to write you a love song today, today