Capo I 

* = Strum Once 


INTRO

C F X3

VERSE 1

                 C           F                 C
He's the deflated balloon wrapped around your gate
 F                      C                   G   
Cut priced to clear and past his sell by a date
          C                         F           Am                       D9  
He'll be fool running through the churchyard screaming out "it's not too late"
         G                       C           F
When he does, I know that you'll wait


VERSE 2

           C                  F                    C  
He's the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong
           F                  C                  G 
He's the beauty queen that strings your heart along
             C             F               Am              D9      G 
And he'll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
                           C           
But I know you love him strong


CHORUS
  
           F                      C    
So I'm leaving for theres nothing to believe in
           G             F            C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
  F
Please dont go mistreating me
           C
I'm not saying you've been misleading me
            G            F               C                       
Just not needing me the way that I need you


C F x 3


VERSE 3

            C              F                C
He's the elephant in the room that never speaks
          F               C             G
But you dream about him every two weeks
       C              F                   Am        D9    G
I wouldnt know his name, but you call it in your sleep
                         C
Oh I know you love him deep


BRIDGE


C               F             C
So run back to him like you should
    F             C              G
I guess I always knew that you would
           *C           *F        *Am          *D9    G
For he's captured your heart in a way I never could
                      C 
So go on and love him good


CHORUS (2)


         F                        C
So I'm leaving for there's nothing to believe in
            G             F          C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
          F
I'm the stray cat you keep feeding
            C
You're the book I cant stop reading
          G          F                C
But the tides are receding that its true
      F
So please dont go mistreating me
           C
I'm not saying youve been misleading me,
            *G          *F              *Am   *CMaj7  *G
Just not needing me the way that I need you
           *C           *F               C
Just not needing me the way that I need you

Outro