Strum pattern - In the first strum of every bar, play just the base note and then go through with the strum.
For reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keI-AswMGiE

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      - 320001
       - X32010
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     - X02010
     - XX0211
     - 332010
    - X20100
      - 002210
    - 002210
      - 13311X
       - 022100
  - 4X2010
   - 3X2010
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 - 330010
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      - 022XXX
      - X022XX
      - 133XXX

[Intro]
    

[Chorus]
             
When I'm away 

     
from you
              
I'm happier th

         
an e....ver
              
Wish I could e

           
xplain it be..

 
.tter
              
I wish it wasn

          
't tru.....ue


[Verse 1]
             
Give me a day 

     
or two
              
to think of so

          
mething clever
              
To write mysel

        
f a le.....tte

r
              
To tell me wha

          
t to do......o


o,

[Verse 2]
          
mm-mm

    
          
Do you read my

         
 interviews?
        
Or do     you 

         
skip my avenue


?
            
When you said 

        
you were passi

       
n' through
     
Was I even on 

your way?
          
I knew when I 

          
asked you to (

When I asked y

ou to)
        
Be cool about 

           
what I was tel

       
lin' you
            
You'd do the o

          
pposite of wha

      
t you said you

'd do (What yo

u said you'd d

o)
        
And I'd end up

         
 more afraid
             
Don't say it i

sn't fair
             
You clearly we

              
rеn't aware th

            
at you made me

    
 misеra...b...

  
...le
           
So if you real

          
ly wanna know


[Chorus]
             
When I'm away 

       
from you (When

 I'm away from

 you)
              
I'm happier th

     
an ever (Happi

er than ever)
              
Wish I could e

           
xplain it be..

  
..tter (Wish I

 could explain

 it better)
              
I wish it wasn

        
't tru.....ue,

 mm-mm

[Interlude]
        

[Verse 3]
          

            
You call me ag

            
ain, drunk in 

      
your Benz
             
Drivin' home u


nder the influ

ence
            
You scared me 

            
to death, but 

              
I'm wastin' my

   
 breath
              
'Cause you onl

  
y listen to yo

ur fuckin' fri

ends
            
I don't relate

        
 to you
            
I don't relate

         
 to you, no
              
'Cause I'd nev

            
er treat me th

        
is shitty
             
You made me ha

           
te this city


[Verse 4]
          
And I don't ta

             
lk shit about 

           
you on the int

ernet
            
Never told any

             
one anything b

ad
            
'Cause that sh

             
it's embarrass

              
ing, you were 

   
my everything
              
And all that y

            
ou did was mak

              
e me fuckin' s

   
ad
             
So don't waste

              
 the time I do

    
n't have
            
And don't try 

              
to make me fee

  
l bad
          
I could talk a

             
bout every tim

              
e that you sho

    
wed up on time
              
But I'd have a

            
n empty line '

              
cause you neve

   
r did
            
Never paid any

             
 mind to my mo

         
ther or friend

s, so I
             
Shut 'em all o

             
ut for you 'ca

             
use I was a ki

    
d


[Outro]
            
You ruined eve

        
rything good
            
Always said yo

              
u were misunde

 
rstood
            
Made all my mo

           
ments your own
             
Just fuckin' l

            
eave me aloooo

            
ooo.....o.....

       
ooone