Intro: D 
 
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  Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. 
 
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You can't just leave me - yeah - to face life on my own! 
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I know you don't love me no more, I knew this day would come... 
             C            Em                       D 
Even when it cuts so deep - it's true I still want you. 
        C            Em                   D 
But the harder I try - the more I seem to lose. 
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  'Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin to recover - now that I know it wasn't love 
 
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It's always a different story, when it's me who's in the wrong. 
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'Cause you can't - have it all, cause I'm the one who's strong. 
                  Em                              D 
I've already been burnt before - once but never a-gain. 
           C                    Em                           D 
I know the time will come, yeah - that's when you'll need me then. 
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  'Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin' to recover - now that I know it wasn't love. 
 
                   D                     D 
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. 
               G           A            D 
And I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love. 
                      A             A                       G 
'Cause you don't even care what I'm saying - you don't even think what you're doin'. 
        A               A                   C               Em 
All you see is what you want it to be - but that is just no good for me-yeah! 
 
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  Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin' to recover - now that I know that it wasn't love. 
 
                      D                                                D 
Cause' you don't even care with what I'm saying - Cause you don't even think what you're doin' 
        G               A                           D 
All you see is what you want it to be - and there's no room left for me. 
                  D                     D 
Oh I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. 
           G           A            D 
I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love. 
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And now that I know - yeah - now that I know - yeah know that it wasn't love - no-no-no-ever-the-love.