Coutinary Tale

Intro G 


[Verso 1]
 
  G          Em 
Oh, heavens, hear my story 
 C      D 
A cautionary tale 
 G          Em 
Of how I came to be loved 
  C        D 
And how it came to fail 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
 Am            Em 
A first time for lovers 
 C             D 
A first time in agony 
  Am           Em 
The truths you will uncover 
   C           D 
Will knock you on your knees 
 


[Refrão]
 
Em              C          G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
            D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em             C           G 
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart 
           D        Em 
Took your draining personality  and gave 
     C 
It to me 
       G             D 
I wanted to please you, this performance 
   Am 
Of a lifetime 
          Em 
My heart to you handed, you took it for 
C 
Granted 
        D        G    Em    C D 
And made me the villain, all alone 
 


[Verso 2]
 
  G              Em 
I struggled through the winter 
   C           D 
Found cheat codes to your soul 
 G         Em 
Was born to be a giver 
 C           D 
Destined to pay the toll 
 


[Refrão]
 
Em              C          G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
            D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em             C           G 
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart 
           D        Em 
Took your draining personality  and gave 
     C 
It to me 
       G             D 
I wanted to please you, this performance 
   Am 
Of a lifetime 
          Em 
My heart to you handed, you took it for 
C 
Granted 
        D 
And made me the villain 
 


[Ponte]
 
   G              Em 
Oh, inside you, there's a guiltless child 
 C         D 
Who never saw his mother smile 
 G         Em         C 
A boy who had no sense of home, believes 
       D 
He's better off alone 
 Em        C         G 
Who coils up in jealousy to mask his 
   D Dm 
Insecurities 
  Em             C 
And I can't fix you, God, I tried, the 
A7                  C    D 
Hourglass I shattered just in time 

Final 

Em              C          G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
            D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em          C             G 
  One more lover fails, cautionary tales 
       D 
Continue to happen to me