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
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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
