D                       G                      A                    D  
You ask me if I  love you, and I  choke on my  reply.  
  
     F#m                Bm                E                            A              
I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie.  
  
        Em             A                    D            A        Bm   
And who am I to judge you on what you say or do?   
  
      G                D             Em       D     A  
I'm only just beginning to see the real  you.  
  
D                               G              A                   F#m  
And sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much  
  
         Bm                       E             A        G       F#m     Em  
And I have to close my eyes and hide.  
  
             D                  G             A                                F#m  
I want to hold you till I die, till we both break down and cry.  
  
                Em                   G              D  
I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides.  
  
  
BRIDGE: 
           G                                                                         D  
Sometimes I'd like to break you and drag you to your knees.  
  
           Bm                 F#m                     G                       A  
Sometimes I'd like to break through and hold you endlessly.  
  
Chorus 
	                                      
D                               G                             A                       D  
Romance, and all its strategy, leaves me battling with my pride.  
  
       F#m                 Bm               E                A              
But through the insecurity some tenderness survives.  
  
     Em              A             D          A              Bm  
I'm just another writer still trapped within my truths.  
  
    G                  D             Em       D               A  
A hesitant prizefighter still trapped within my youth.  
  
Chorus