| C             | C             | C             | C             |

[Verse 1]
        C                    C   Fmaj7               F
I don't need you to love me,   I need you to hear me out,
          C                             C                 G                 G
all these words that were trapped in my heart are finally free from my mouth.
        C                    C   Fmaj7                  F
I don't need you to love me,   I need you to know how I feel
         C                       G                          C            C7
'cause I don't want to live in regret of what I didn't with you.

[Chorus]
E                      E     Am                       Am
I just can't hold it inside, Lord knows how hard I've tried,
  E                      E                              Dm         Dm
I need to confess, to profess all these things that I'm feelin'
                  G      G*
and, darlin', I'm feelin   something for [Interlude] you.

[Interlude]
| C             | C             | F             | F             |
| C             | C             | F             | F             |

[Verse 2]
        C                    C   Fmaj7              F
I don't need you to love me,   I just needed you to know
     C                       C                          G                 G
that all of this time when I wished you were mine but I never let it show.
        C                    C   Fmaj7            F
I don't need you to love me,   I need you to understand
       C                   G                               C            C7
that I tried to control my heart but it slipped through my hands.

[Chorus]
E                      E     Am                       Am
I just can't hold it inside, Lord knows how hard I've tried,
  E                      E                              Dm         Dm
I need to confess, to profess all these things that I'm feelin'
                  G      G
and, darlin', I'm feelin ...

[Bridge]
Am                    E/G#     C/G                        D/F#
What if it turns you away? And all that I'm left with are yesterdays.
Am                  E/G#         C/G                           D/F#
I know I need to be brave 'cause I know there's something I've got to say.
        F         F         D/F#        D/F#
I don't need you,   I don't need you,
        C/G       C/G       E        E
I don't need you,   I don't need you.

[Interlude]
| Am            | E/G#          | C/G           | Am            |
| F             | F             | C             | G*            |

[Verse 3]
        C                    C     Fmaj7            F
I don't need you to love me,   but just in case you do
     C                     G*                      C*
just know how much I would love it if you loved me too.