I Was Once a Loyal Lover Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Will I have learned so very little
[Em]When these bones are [C]old and brittle?
I [G]wait to talk when I should listen
And [Em]cloud mistakes with [C]false revisions

[Verse 2]
[G]All my friends are forward-thinking
Getting [Em]Getting hitched
and [C]quitting drinking
An[G]d I can feel them pulling away
As [Em]I'm resigned [C]to stay the same

[Verse 3]
And [Em]you [D]can't even b[G]egin
[D]to kno[A]w[Am][A][Am]
How [Em]many [D]times I've [G]told my
[D]self [Am]"I told you so"

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]I was once a loyal lover
Whose lips did [Em]never [G]seek [C]another's
But [G]now each love's more like a match
A blinding [Em]spark [G]that [C]burns out fast
[Am]And they all

[Verse 5]
[G]conclude with the
same sentence:
"I've never met [Em]someone
[G]mor[C]e self-centered
Who Who [G]thinks that life with
a nice girl's like
Waiting [Em]for [C]a bus to work"

[Verse 6]
[Em]An d you can't e[D]ven
[G]begin [D]to kno[A]w[Am]
How [Em]many [D]times I've [G]told my
[D]self [A]"I told you [C]so"
And [Em]you can't [D]even b[G]egin t[D]o believe
[Asus4]There's s[A]o m[G]any bridges[Em] engu[D]lfed in[G]
[D]flames be[A]hind me

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][Em][C][G][Em]
[C][Em]

[Verse 7]
If you deem it [F]so
Just [C]cut the cord and [G]go[Em]
You'll be [F]fine
There's [C]plenty of hills to climb
[D]

[Interlude 3]
[G][Em][C][G]
[Em][C]

[Verse 8]
[Em]You [D]can't even b[G]egin
to [Asus4]know[G][Asus4]
How many [D]times I've [G]told myself
[D]"I [Asus4]told you [G]so"[Am][C]
And [Em]you can't [D]even[G]
begin to believe
[Asus4]There's so many brid[Em]ges e[D]ngulfed[G]
in [D]flames [Asus4]behind me[C]

[Verse 9]
[Em]You can't [D]even b[G]egin t[D]o know[Asus4]
How [Em]many [D]times I've [G]told my
[D]self [Asus4]"I told you so"[C]
And [Em]you can't [D]even b[G]egin t[D]o believe
[G]The[Asus4]re's so m[G]any bridges[D]
en[Em]gulfed in [D]flames [G]behind me