* means one strum

[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
             
Perfect, easy,

 
 so good to me

             
So why's there

             
 a pit in my g

*
ut in the shap

e of you?
             
Distract mysel

   
f, say it's so

methin' else

             
Maybe I'm just

     
 overwhelmed, 

maybe I'm conf

used


[Pre-Chorus]
            
Barely sleep w

        
hen you sleep 

next to me
             
But I keep thi

              
nkin' I'll fin

    
d a cure
            
I say that I'm

              
 fine, I tell 


you all the ti

me
             
I've never fel

              
t so happy and

 
 sure


[Chorus]
          
But I'm so sca

red of my guit

ar
             
'Cause it cuts

       
 right through

 to the heart
             
Yeah, it knows

              
 me too well s

    
o I got no exc

use
             
I can't lie to

              
 it the same w

        
ay that I lie
   
to you
      
I'm so scared 

of my guitar
             
If I play it, 

     
then I'll thin

k too hard
         
Once you let t

he thought in,

 then it's

already done
             
So I lay in yo

              
ur arms and pr

 
etend that
     
it's love


[Verse 2]
             
If I was brave

     
 and noble lik

e you
             
I'd have the n

             
erve to just s

*
top stringin' 

you along
             
But I'm not ha

      
lf as decent a

s you
             
I'd rather be 

            
tied to someon

e, even if the

y're wrong


[Pre-Chorus]
            
I make excuses

     
, my friends k

now the truth 

is
             
I'm not as alr

          
ight as I clai

m
            
I say that I'm

              
 fine, I tell 


them all the t

ime
             
As they watch 

              
all the life f

     
ade away


[Chorus]
          
But I'm so sca

red of my guit

ar
             
'Cause it cuts

       
 right through

 to the heart
             
Yeah, it knows

              
 me too well s

    
o I got no exc

use
             
I can't lie to

              
 it the same w

        
ay that I lie
   
to you
      
I'm so scared 

of my guitar
             
If I play it, 

     
then I'll thin

k too hard
         
Once you let t

he thought in,

 then it's

already done
             
So I lay in yo

              
ur arms and pr

 
etend that
     
it's love
             
Yeah, I lay in

              
 your arms and

    
 pretend that
     
it's love


[Bridge]
             
I pretend that

             
 it's love
     
I pretend that

 it's love

I pretend that it's love, love


[Pre-Chorus]
            
'Cause what if

              
 I never find 


anything bette

r?
             
The doubt alwa

              
ys creeps thro

       
ugh my mind
            
So we'll stay 

              
together 'caus

  
e how could I 

ever
      
Trade somethin

' that's good 

for what's

right?


[Chorus]
          
Oh, I'm so sca

red of my guit

ar
             
It cuts right 


through to my 

heart
             
It knows me to

          
o well, I got 

no excuse
             
I can't lie to

              
 it the same w

        
ay that I lie
   
to you
      
I'm so scared 

of my guitar
             
When I play it

         
 is when I thi

nk too hard
             
I let the thou

             
ght in, it's a


lready done
             
But I lay in y

              
our arms and p

  
retend that
     
it's love
             
Yeah, I lay in

              
 your arms and

    
 pretend it's
 
enough