C           F                 C
He’s the deflated balloon wrapped around your gate
 F                    C                   G
Cut priced to clear a past to “sell by a date”
          C                         F               Am                    G
He’ll be fool running through the churchyard screaming out “it’s not too late”
         G                         C
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              G
And he’ll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
        G                 C
But I know you love him strong

[Chorus]
          F                              C
So I’m leaving for there’s nothing to believe in
           G                           C
I’m just grieving for a love I never knew
  F
Please don’t go misreading 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   x3

[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                   G       Am
And I wouldn’t know his name, but you call it in your sleep
      G                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          F (Hold)
For he’s captured your heart in a way I never could
      G                C
So go on and love him good

[Chorus 2]
         F                              C
Oh I’m leaving for there’s nothing to believe in
            G                        C
I’m just grieving for a love I never knew
          F
You’re the book I can’t stop reading
            C
I’m the stray cat you've been feeding
          G               F               C
But the tides, they are receding now it’s true
  F
Please don’t go misreading me
           C
I’m not saying you’ve 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