Intro: Gm   F/A-F/Bb   C-Dm   C/E-F (x2)

Gm            F/A -F/Bb
   Head u n d e r w a t e r

       C  -  Dm
And they tell me

C/E  -  F                          Gm
To breathe easy for a while

               F/A -F/Bb    C  -  Dm  C/E-F
Breathing gets harder, even I know    that

Gm               F/A- F/Bb                        C- Dm
   Made room for    me, but it's too soon to see

C/E-F                               Gm
If     I'm happy in your hands

              F/A -  F/Bb     C-Dm           C/E-F
I'm u n u s u a l l y hard to hold on to

Gm                    F/A               Bb
   Blank stares at   blank pages

             C                    Gm
No easy way to say this

                      F/A                        F/Bb
You mean well,  but you make this hard on me
[Sara Bareilles, Love Song Chords – LearnGuitarMusic.com]

Chorus1:

                                     Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song

                  C
'Cause you asked for it

                 F/A                 Bb
'Cause you need one, you see

                                     Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song

                  C
'Cause you tell me it's

             F/A
Make or break in this

        Bb
If you're on your way

                    Gm               F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay

   Dm
If all you have is leavin'

After repeated, to (+)

    Bb             C                 Gm    F/A-F/Bb
To write you a love song today

       C    -     Dm   C/E-F
(Yeeaah… today,  yeah…)

C      -      Dm
That they all say

C/E-F                                 Gm
       Things you want to hear

     F/A -  F/Bb  C  -   Dm        C/E-F       Gm
My heavy heart sinks deep down    under you and

       F/A  -   F/Bb
Your twisted words,

        C     -     Dm
Your help just hurts

C/E   -   F                              Gm
You are not what I thought you were

F/A - F/Bb   C-Dm   C/E-F
H e l l o       to high  and dry

Gm              F/A              Bb
   Convinced me to please you

                      C                       Gm
Made me think   that I need this too

             F/A                   F/Bb
I'm trying   to let you hear me as I am

Back to: Chorus 1

            Bb             C                Dm
(+)    To write you a love song today

                       F  – C/E
You’ll leave the light on

Dm                Am   Bb
   To help me see

                   F   –   C/E
Daylight, my guide, gone

Dm               A                 Bb
   'Cause I believe there's a way

             C
You can love me because I say

Chorus2:

                F        -      Gm
I won't write you a love song

                  C
'Cause you asked for it

                  F/A                Bb
'Cause you need one, you see

                            F    -  Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song

                  C
'Cause you tell me it's

             F/A
Make or break in this

Bb                              Gm
Is that why you wanted a love song

                 C
'Cause you asked for it

                 F/A                 Bb
'Cause you need one, you see

                            F   -   Gm
I'm not gonna write you a love song

                  C
'Cause you tell me it's

             F/A
Make or break in this

        Bb
If you're on your way

          F    -   Gm               F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay

          Bb                            
If your heart is nowhere in it

Bb/F    -   C
      I don't want it for a minute

             Dm                                    G/B
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that

         Bb           C          F-Gm     F/A-F/Bb
Write you a love song t  o  d  a  y

C -  Dm    C/E-F         Gm  F/A-F/Bb  C-Dm  C/E-F
   Todaayy…      yeah yeah…

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