G D
Maybe it was to learn how to love
G E
Maybe it was to learn how to leave
G D E
Or maybe it was for the games that we played
G D
Maybe it was to learn how to choose
G E
Maybe it was to learn how to lose
G D E
Or maybe it was for love that we made
[Chorus 1]
A D A D E
Love was everything they said it would be
A D E
Love made sweet and sad the same
A D A D
But love forgot to make me too blind to see
Bm A Bm
You're chickening out aren't you?
A Bm7
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
I can't wait for you to make
A
The whole kingdom come
E A
So I'm leaving
[Verse 2]
G D
Maybe it was to learn how to fight
G E
Maybe it was to lessen our pride
G D E
Or maybe it's just nature's way
G D
Maybe it was to learn how to laugh
G E
Maybe it was to learn to cry
G D E
Or maybe it was for the love that we made
[Chorus 1]
A D A D E
Love was everything they said it would be
A D E
Love made sweet and sad the same
A D A D
And love forgot to make me too blind to see
Bm A Bm
You're chickening out aren't you?
A Bm7
You're bangin' on the beach like an old tin drum
I can't wait for you to make
A
The whole kingdom come
E
So I'm leaving
[Bridge]
D A
First I turn to you
Bm
Then I turn away
A
So you try to hurt me back
D
Oh it breaks your body down
A
So you try to love bigger
Bm7
Better still
E7 E E7
But it's too late
[Chorus 2]
A D A D E
So take a lesson from the strangeness you feel
A D E
And know you'll never be the same
A D A D
And find it in your heart to kneel down and say
Bm A Bm
I gave my love didn't I?
A Bm7
And I gave it big sometimes
A
And I gave it in my own sweet time
E A
I'm just leaving
D E A
I'm just lea-ving
