G C Em C


[Verse 1]
G
 Tell me you've been distracted
C
 Just say you hate what’s happened
G                           Am    Em Gsus2
 But tell me you can't be what I need
G
 L.A. is so dramatic
C
 But I'm learning to like the traffic
G                       Am      Em Gsus2
 It’s given me time to hum new melodies


[Pre-Chorus]
                 C
Like how you're so ice cold to me
                       D
I can feel you in my bloodstream, killing things
        Em
You're so ice cold to me
                      G
I can feel you in my heartbeat, my heartbeat


[Chorus]
                  G                          D  C
So if you're gonna mess me up, don't do it slowly
                   G                                D   C
And if you're gonna lead me on, then act like you know me
                     C                    D
And if you're gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
            Em       D/F#      G
I think I know how these things go
D        C                   D              G
If you're gonna mess me up, don’t do it slow


[Verse 2]
G
 And tell me you’re busy working
C
 Or tell me a fire is burning
G                           Am    Em                Gsus2
 And tell me you can't be what I need (you can’t be what I need)
G                  D
 The city's so dramatic
C
 But I'm getting much better at acting
G                      Am      Em     Gsus2
 I've got no time to think of memories


[Pre-Chorus]
      C
Like how you're so ice cold to me
                       D
I can feel you in my bloodstream, killing things
        Em
You're so ice cold to me
                      G
I can feel you in my heartbeat, my heartbeat
            C
Between the empty sex and cigarettes
            Dsus4
I think of you between the breaths
          Em
I wanna know what's happening
         G
I wanna know why the phone won't ring


[Chorus]
                  G                          D  C
So if you're gonna mess me up, don't do it slowly
                   G                                D   C
And if you're gonna lead me on, then act like you know me
                     C                    D
And if you're gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
            Em       D/F#      G
I think I know how these things go
D        C                   D              G
If you're gonna mess me up, don’t do it slow


[Bridge]
         G                       D C
Keep on messing me, messing me up, oh-oh
             G                       D C
You keep on messing me, messing me up, oh-oh
         G
Keep on messing me, messing me up
D    C
 Between the empty sex and cigarettes
         G
Keep on messing me, messing me up
D    C
 I think of you between the breaths


[Outro]
                 C                    D
If you're gonna get me addicted, you have my permission
            Em       D/F#      G
I think I know how these things go
D        C                   D              G
If you're gonna mess me up, don’t do it slow
                    C             D              G
Yeah if you're gonna mess me up, don’t do it slow