Standard tuning
Capo on 1


[Verse 1]

              
Lovin' him is 

         
like, drivin' 

a new Maserati
             
Down a dead en

         
d street
             
Faster than th

            
e wind, passio

nate as sin
              
Ended so sudde

         
nly
              
Loving him is 

      
like, tryin' t

o change your 

mind 
             
Once you're al

              
ready flying t

          
hrough the fre

e fall
             
Like the color

              
s in autumn so


 bright
              
Just before th

             (
ey lose it all


[Chorus]

              
Losing him was

             
 blue, like I'

        
d never known
              
Missing him wa

             
s dark grey, a

        
ll alone
              
Forgetting him

             
 was like tryi

              
ng to know som

 
ebody
          
You never met
              
But loving him

     
 was red
            
Re ee ed, re e

   
e ed, re ee ed
              
Lovin' him was

 
 red
            
Re ee ed, re e

   
e ed, re ee ed


[Verse 2]

              
Touching him w

             
as like, reali

              
zing all you e

    
ver wanted 
              
Was right ther

     
e in front of 

you
              
Memorizing him

             
 was as, easy 

              
as knowin' all

     
 the words
              
To your old fa

      
vorite song
              
Fighting with 

             
him was like t

              
ryin' to solve

 
 a 
              
Crossword and 

             
realizing ther

              
e's no right a


nswer
              
Regretting him

             
 was like wish

              
ing you never 

      
found love 
              
But love could

        
 be that srong

 


[Chorus]

              
Losing him was

             
 blue, like I'

        
d never known
              
Missing him wa

             
s dark grey, a

        
ll alone
              
Forgetting him

             
 was like tryi

              
ng to know som

 
ebody
          
You never met
              
But loving him

     
 was red
            
Re ee ed, re e

   
e ed, re ee ed
              
Lovin' him was

 
 red
            
Re ee ed, re e

   
e ed, re ee ed


[Bridge]

              
Remembering hi

            
m comes in fla

              
shbacks and ec


hos
              
Tellin' myself

             
 it's time now

        
 gotta let go 
              
But moving on 

     
from him is im

possible 
             
When I still s

              
ee it all in m

      (
y, head 
             
And burning re

         
d
              
Loving him was

        
 reeeeed


[Chorus]

              
Oh losing him 

             
was blue, like

      
 I'd never kno

wn
              
Missing him wa

             
s dark grey, a

  
ll alone
              
Forgetting him

             
 was like tryi

              
n' to know som

 
ebody
          
You never met
              
Cause loving h

       
im was red
          
Yeah, yeah, re

d
             
Oh Burning ree

     
eeeeeed


[Outro]
             
And that's Why

              
 he's spinnin'

             
 'round in my 

   
head
             
Comes back to 

              
me, burnin' re

      
d 
        
Yeah, yeah

              
His love was l

      ( 
ike, drivin' a

           (
 new Maserati
              
Down a dead en

  (
d street.