Transpose up
(INTRO)
G
Bm
Em
G
D
(VER)
When you’d
G
yell I would stay silent
You never
Bm
noticed I was quiet
I was
Em
taught that speaking up was talking back
D
Always
G
first to say, “I’m sorry”
‘Cause I
Bm
wanted you to like me
And I
Em
thought that’s what
It took to make it last
D
(PRE CHO)
It’s a
C
lose-lose
That I
D
don’t
choose
But
C
you don’t always choose the ones you
Cm
love
(CHO)
Em
I shouldn’t
C
have to b
G
e the bigger person
Em
How come I
C
have to break to
G
keep us working?
It’s
Em
always up to m
C
e
Even t
G
hough it shouldn’t
B7
be
I’ll
C
take the blame the way you want me
Cm
to
‘Cause that’s what I’d do for you
G
Bm
Em
D
(VER)
I was h
G
alf of this dynamic
I was s
Bm
table, you were manic
With
Em
out you or with you, comes with a cost
D
I got
G
used to the excuses
And e
Bm
motional
abuses
We
Em
kept moving the lines we’d never cross
D
(PRE CHO)
It’s a l
C
ose-lose
That I
D
don’t
choose
But
C
you don’t always choose the ones you
Cm
love
(CHO)
Em
I shouldn’t
C
have to b
G
e the bigger person
Em
How come I
C
have to break to
G
keep us working?
It’s
Em
always up to
C
me
Even
G
though it shouldn’t
B7
be
I’ll
C
take the blame the way you want me
Cm
to
‘Cause that’s what I’d do for you
Am
(BRI)
I always think it’s
D
over
But it never really
G
is
‘Cause I can’t get the
Em
closure
W
E
hen you’re like th
Am
is
Can we
D
switch
(BREAK)
Em
Maybe this
C
time you’ll
G
be the bigger person
Em
‘Cause I’m gettin’
C
tired
of bearin’
G
all your burden
It
Em
should be up to
C
you
but you
G
won’t admit the t
B7
ruth
Oh-oh
(CHO)
Em
I shouldn’t
C
have to b
G
e the bigger person
Em
How come I
C
have to break to
G
keep us working?
It’s
Em
always up to
C
me
Even
G
though it shouldn’t
B7
be
I’ll take the blame the way you want me t
Cm
o
‘Cause that’s what I’d do for you
