Verse             Pre-Chorus     Chorus
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D      xx023x     D  xx023x      G   32003x
C      x3201x     C  x3201x      Am  x0221x
Cmaj7  x3200x     G  32003x      Em  02200x
                                 D   xx0232
[Intro]
[Strophe]
D 
  Break the news, you're walking out
C 
  To be a good man for someone else
D                             C   Cmaj7 
  Sorry I was never good like you
D 
  Stood on my chest and kept me down
     C 
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D                               C 
  Did my best to exist just for you
[Pre-Refrain]
                D                              C 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
                D                              C 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
                D                                 C 
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
                D                C             G 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
[Refrain]
                D                C             G 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
     Am                Em               D 
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G                             Am            Em 
  But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
     Am            Em              D 
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Strophe]
D 
  I still feel you, now and then
C 
  Slow like pseudoephedrine
D                                    C        Cmaj7 
  When you see me, will you say I've changed?
D 
  I ride the subway, read the signs
  C 
I let the seasons change my mind
  G                                       D 
I love it here since I've stopped needing you
[Pre-Refrain]
                D                              C 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
                D                              C 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
                D                                 C 
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
                D                C             G 
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
[Refrain]
G                              Am               Em 
  I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
     Am                Em               D 
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G                             Am            Em 
  But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
     Am            Em              D 
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Refrain]
G                              Am               Em 
  I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
     Am                Em               D 
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G                             Am            Em 
  But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
     Am            Em              D 
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Outro]
G  Am  Em  Am  Em  D
G  Am  Em  Am  Em  D