G                            Em
Let's find something that can last
 C/G
Like cigarette ash
    G                   D/F#
The world is collapsing around me
                            C/G
Let's try to do the best we can
        D      G             D/F#        G        D/F#
I think I need more than the flowers and letters, man
              G       D/F#      G        D/F#
It's not that I don't try, it's that you won't again
                         C/G                 D/F#
And it hurts too much to laugh about it
D/F#
(Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it)

[Verse 2]
G                           Em
Hey, please think about it, friend
C/G                       G                   D/F#
I know you're lonely, I'm here writing in the dark
                  C/G
Tryin' to get the balls
                         D/F#
But it hurts too much to ask

[Verse 3]
G                         Em
Dear, I need someone who's lost
C/G                G                        D/F#
Tell me how not to stop all these tears and fears
                     C/G
So nothing else will drop
                      D/F#
So all this pain will stop
                         C/G
But if it hurts too much ask
                       D/F#
If it hurts too much to ask

[Verse 4]
G                     Em
It's not that I don't cry
C/G                 D/F#
It's that I have to hide
     C/G                 D/F#
Yeah it's that I have to hide
                       C/G
So I won't be there to ask
                       D/F#
So I won't be there to ask
            C/G                  D/F#
No, I won't be the one to ask
  D/F#
I won't be there to ask
    C/G                                 D/F#
It hurts too much to laugh about it
     D/F#                C/G              D/F#
Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it
       D/F#              C/G
Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it, man