verse 1
E A E
I was gonna be your doctor but I could not find your heartbeat.
A E B / C#m / B
your blood may as well be running cold.
E A E
I was gonna be your driver, taxi on your journey.
A E B / C#m / B
I got lost on your long and winding road.
C#m A E B
But I never meant to hurt you Johnny.
C#m A E B
I didn't mean to turn your yellows grey.
C#m A E B
But the Chemicals inside my body
C#m A E B / C#m / B
were telling me to walk away.
verse 2
E A E
I was gonna be your painter, but I could not trace your outline,
A E B / C#m / B
the shape your figure makes don't feel like home.
E A E
I was gonna be your bartender, serve you sweet red wine,
A E B / C#m / B
you're love drunk and I am stone cold sober.
C#m A E B
But I never meant to hurt you Johnny.
C#m A E B
I didn't mean to turn your yellows grey.
C#m A E B
But the Chemicals inside my body
C#m A C#m A
were telling me to walk away.
C#m A E B
They kept telling that I shouldn't stay
verse 3
E A E
I was gonna be your angel, no wings grew from my shoulders,
A E B / C#m / B
no halo hanging over these red curls
E A E
Now I'm always gonna be your failure, memory growing older,
A E B / C#m
Forever be the lost and lonely girl
C#m A E B
But I never meant to hurt you Johnny.
C#m A E B
I didn't mean to turn your yellows grey.
C#m A E B
Oh but the Chemicals inside my body
C#m A C#m B
were telling me to walk away.
C#m A E B
They kept telling that I shouldn't stay
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