Note: Chords followed by "*" indicate a single strum only
Intro:     (x2)

[Verse 1]
          
You are, my fi

 
re,
          
The one, desir


e,
           
Believe, when 

   
I say,
          
I want it that

 
 way

[Verse 2]
          
But we, are tw

  
o worlds apart

,
        
Can't reach to

, your heart,
        
When you say,
           
That I want it

     
 that way

[Chorus 1]
             
Tell me why, (

              
Ain't nothin' 

          
but a heartach

e)
             
Tell me why, (

              
Ain't nothin' 

         
but a mistake)
             
Tell me why, I

             
 never wanna h

        
ear you say
          
I want it that

 
 way

[Verse 3]
       
Am I, your fir

e,
          
Your one, desi

  
re,
           
Yes I know, it

      
's too late,
           
But I want it 

    
that way

[Chorus 2]
             
Tell me why, (

              
Ain't nothin' 

          
but a heartach

e)
             
Tell me why, (

              
Ain't nothin' 

         
but a mistake)

             
Tell me why, I

             
 never wanna h

        
ear you say
       
I want it that

 way

[Bridge]
           
Now I can see 

           
that we're fal

lin' apart,
             
From the way t

              
hat it used to

 
 be, (Yeah)
           
No matter the 

          
distance, I wa

nt you to know

,
             
That deep down

          
 inside of me.

..

[Verse 4]  {one strum for each chord in this verse)
     !      
You are, my fi

!  !
re,
     !    ! 
The one, desir

   !
e,
             
You are, You a

             
re, You are, Y

                            
ou are...
          
Don't wanna he

            
ar you say!

[Outro]
             
Ain't nothin' 

         
but a heartach

e,
             
Ain't nothin' 

        
but a mistake,
             
I never wanna 

        
hear you say,
         
I want it that

   
 way

(Don't wanna hear you say it)

          
I want it that

#   
 way
I want it that way