Dm         F
head under water
         Am
and they tell me
            C
to breathe easy for a while
Dm                 F
but breathing gets harder
     Am       C
even i know that

Dm                F
you made room for me
                    Am
but its too soon to see
       C
if im happy in your hands
Dm     F                 Am     C
im unusually hard to hold on to


Prechorus:
Dm           Em
blank stares at blank pages
F      Em
no easy way to say this
Dm          Em                    F
you mean well,  but you make this hard on me


Chorus:
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
'cause you asked for it
            C            F
'cause you need one, you see
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
'cause you tell me it's
         C
make or break in this
        F
if you're on your way
               Dm           C
i'm not gonna write you to stay
   Am                           D/F#
if all you have is leavin' im'a need a better reason
   F            G            Dm  F  Am  C
to write you a love song today


Verse:
Dm         F
i learned the hard way
        Am 
that they all say
      C
things you wanna hear
Dm                 F
and my heavy heart
     Am       C
sings deep down under you
Dm                F
and your twisted words
                   Am
your help just hurts
       C
you were not what i thought you were
Dm     F     Am     C
hello to high and dry


Prechorus:
Dm           Em
convinced me to please you
F      Em
made me think that i need this too
Dm          Em                    F
i'm trying to let you hear me as i am


Chorus:
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
cause you asked for it
            C            F
cause you need one, you see
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
cause you tell me it's
         C
make or break in this
        F
if you're on your way
               Dm           C
i'm not gonna write you to stay
   Am                           D/F#
if all you have is leavin im'a need a better reason
   F            G            Dm  F  Am  C
to write you a love song today


Bridge:
Am      Em      F
promise me
                 C     G
you'll leave the light on
Am         Em      F
to help me see
                  C      G
with daylight, my guide, gone
Am       E            F
cause i believe there's a way
        G
you can love me because i say


Chorus:
                         Dm
I wont write you a love song
           G
cause you asked for it
            C            F
cause you need one, you see
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
cause you tell me it's
         C
make or break in this
                          Dm
is that why you wanted a love song
           G
'cause you asked for it
            C            F
'cause you need one, you see
                          Dm
i'm not gonna write you a love song
           G
'cause you tell me it's
         C
make or break in this
        F
if you're on your way
               Dm           C
i'm not gonna write you to stay
        Am
if your heart is no where in it
       G
i dont want it for a minute
         Am
babe ill walk the seven seas
         D/F#
when i believe that there's a reason
   F          G         Dm  F  Am  C
to write you a love song today, today