[Strophe]
          C           G 
"I don't love you anymore" 
          Am             F 
A pretty line that I adore 
     C               G       Am     Asus4 
Five words that I've heard before 
            C            G 
'Cause you keep me on a rope 
             Am               F 
And tied a noose around my throat 
        C             G      Am     Asus4 
You're gone then back at my door
[Pre-Refrain]
                 C                                 Em 
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast 
      Am                           F 
Can't live a little longer sitting on your lap 
       C                                      Em 
'Cause you know what you're doin' when you're comin' back 
    Am                         F 
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
[Refrain]
    N.C. 
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash 
                  N.C.       F 
Every other week, when you please 
    C Em     Am     F                   C 
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need 
    Em                Am 
The lie between your teeth
[Post-Refrain]
    F N.C.             C 
The cut that always bleeds 
Em      Am 
(Ah-ah-ah) 
    F               C 
The cut that always bleeds 
Em      Am       F 
(Ah-ah-ah)
[Strophe]
        C             Em 
Say you love somebody new 
             Am                 F 
Then beat my heart to black and blue 
          C               Em           Am       F 
Then they leave, and it's me you come back to (Ah-ah) 
           C            Em 
To say you loved me all along 
             Am                   F 
And kiss the bruises 'til they're gone 
      C                     Em                   Am       F 
Bittersweet, 'cause I can't breathe inside your arms
[Pre-Refrain]
                 C                                 Em 
'Cause if you're gonna leave, better leave, better do it fast 
      Am                           F 
Can't live another minute bleedin' from my back 
       C                                   Em 
'Cause I don't have another one for you to stab 
    Am                         F 
And I don't wanna have another heart attack
[Refrain]
    N.C. 
Oh, I can't be your lover on a leash 
                  N.C.       F 
Every other week, when you please 
    C Em     Am     F                   C 
Oh, I can't be the kiss that you don't need 
    Em                Am 
The lie between your teeth
[Post-Refrain]
    F N.C.             C 
The cut that always bleeds 
Em      Am 
(Ah-ah-ah) 
    F               C 
The cut that always bleeds 
Em      Am    F 
(Ah-ah-ah)
[Pont]
C     Em           Am                 F 
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) But even though you're killing me, yeah 
C     Em         Am                F 
(Ooh-ooh-ooh) I need you like the air I breathe 
  C                Em 
I need, I need you more than me 
  Am                 F 
I need you more than anything 
C  Em    Am  F 
Please, please
[Outro]
N.C. 
'Cause I could be your lover on a leash 
Em           Am             F 
Every other week, when you please 
    C Em     Am F            C 
Oh, I could be anything you need 
   Em                 Am 
As long as you don't leave 
    F N.C. 
The cut that always -