Turn On Me

C you can fake it for a while , bite your tongue and smile , Am Amsus4 G like every mother does an ugly child . C G C but it starts to leaking out , C like spittle from a cloud , G Am Amsus4 amassed resentment counting ounce and pound . Chorus C G F you’re entertaining any doubt , C C G because you had to know that i was fond of you , C G F fond of y - o - u , F C G though i knew you masked your disdain . C G F ( la la la la la ) C G i can see that change was just too hard for us , C G F hard for us . C G you always had to hold the reigns , Dm G but where i’m headed , you just don’t know the way . Verse 2 C so affections fade away , and do adults just learn to play G the most ridiculous , repulsive games? C G C on the faith of ruddy suns , and the double - barreled guns , Am Amsus4 G you better hurry , rabbit , run , run , run . C G C cause meeting you was fun , C Am Amsus4 G and there’s a lot of hungry howlers in this one cell . taking it over , C G C their brittle , thorny stems , they break before they bend , Am Amsus4 G and neither one of us is one of them . Chorus 2 C G F and the tails will never mend , C G cause you had it in for me so long ago . C G F boy , i still don’t know , C G i don’t know why and i don’t care , C G F well hardly anymore C G if you’d only seen yourself hating me C G F hating me , C G when i’ve been so much more than fair . Dm G but then you had to lay those feelings bare , Dm G one thing i know still got you scared , Dm Am you’re all that cold iron , Dm Am G and never once aired on a dare instrumental ( 18bars copy Verse ) Chorus F C G you had to know that i was fond of you , C G F fond of y - o - u . C G so i took your lips at the time , C G F ahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa C G and to change like that is just so hard to do , C G F hard to do . C G don’t let it whip - crack your life , Dm Dm/E Dm/F G in a bow out from the fight , Dm Dm/E Dm/F G cause oh , how your sisters will write . Dm Am the worst part is over , Dm Am G now , get back on that horse and ride .