[Intro]
Em G A C D
[Verse]
Em 
But now I'm in town, break it down 
  
Thinking of making a new sound 
G 
Playing a different show every night
 
Playing a different show every night 
  
In front of a new crowd 
A 
That's you now, ciao 
  
Seems that life is great now 
C                  D 
See me lose focus, as I sing to you
 loud 
See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud 
Em                   G 
I can't, no, I won't hush 
                                
I'll say the words that make you
 A 
 blush 
I'll say the words that make you blush 
                    C   D 
I'm gonna sing this now,  ow ow 
Em 
See, I'm true, my songs are where my
 heart is 
See, I'm true, my songs are where my heart is 
G 
I'm like glue, I stick to other
 artists 
I'm like glue, I stick to other artists 
A 
I'm not you, now that would be
 disastrous 
I'm not you, now that would be disastrous 
C 
Let me sing and do my thing 
D 
And move to greener pastures 
Em 
See, I'm real, I do it all, it's all
 me 
See, I'm real, I do it all, it's all me 
G 
I'm not fake, don't ever call me lazy
 
I'm not fake, don't ever call me lazy 
A 
I won't stay put 
  
Give me the chance to be free 
C 
Suffolk sadly seems to sort of
 suffocate me
Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me
[Chorus]
Em                                  
Cause you need me, man, I don't need
 G 
 you 
Cause you need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D                     Em 
You need me, man, I don't need you  
Em                                
You need me, man, I don't need you
   G 
 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D 
You need me
[Verse]
Em 
I sing and write my own tune 
  
and I write my own verse 
      G 
Hell, don't need another wordsmith 
  
to make the tune sell? 
A 
Call yourself a singer-writer 
  
You're just bluffing 
C 
Your name's on the credits 
         D 
And you didn't write nothing 
Em 
I sing fast 
  
I know that all my shit's cool 
G 
I will blast 
  
And I didn't go to Brit School 
A 
I came fast with the way I act, right
 
I came fast with the way I act, right 
C                       D 
I can't last, if I'm smoking on a
 crack pipe 
I can't last, if I'm smoking on a crack pipe 
Em 
I won't be a product of my genre 
G 
My mind will always be stronger than
 my songs are 
My mind will always be stronger than my songs are 
A 
Never believe the bullshit that fake
 guys feed to ya 
Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya 
C                                  D 
Always read the stories that you hear
 in Wikipedia 
Always read the stories that you hear in Wikipedia 
Em 
And musically I'm demonstrating 
G 
When I perform live, feels like I am
 meditating 
When I perform live, feels like I am meditating 
A 
Times at The Enterprise when some
 fella filmed me 
Times at The Enterprise when some fella filmed me 
C                           
Young singer-writer like I'm
 N.C. 
 Gabriella Cilmi
Young singer-writer like I'm Gabriella Cilmi
[Chorus]
Em                                  
Cause you need me, man, I don't need
 G 
 you 
Cause you need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D                     Em 
You need me, man, I don't need you  
Em                                
You need me, man, I don't need you
   G 
 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D 
You need me
[Verse]
                              Em 
Cause with the lyrics I'll be aiming
 it right 
Cause with the lyrics I'll be aiming it right 
                               G 
I won't stop till my name's in lights
 
I won't stop till my name's in lights 
  
At stadium heights with Damien Rice 
       A 
On red carpets, now I'm on Arabian
 Nights 
On red carpets, now I'm on Arabian Nights 
            C               
Because I'm young and all my
                 D 
 brother's gonna give me
 advice 
Because I'm young and all my brother's gonna give me advice 
     Em 
Long nighter, short height and I gone
 hyper 
Long nighter, short height and I gone hyper 
G 
Never be anything but a
 singer-songwriter 
Never be anything but a singer-songwriter 
A 
The game's over but now I'm on a new
 level 
The game's over but now I'm on a new level 
C                       D 
Watch how I step on the track without
 a loop pedal 
Watch how I step on the track without a loop pedal 
Em 
People think that I'm bound to blow
 up 
People think that I'm bound to blow up 
G 
I've done around about a thousand
 shows 
I've done around about a thousand shows 
      A 
But I haven't got a house plus I live
 on the couch 
But I haven't got a house plus I live on the couch 
   C                             
So you can be the lyrics when I'm
 D 
 singing them out, Wow 
So you can be the lyrics when I'm singing them out, Wow 
Em 
From day one, I've been prepared 
     G 
With V05 wax for my ginger hair 
           A                         
So now I'm back to the sofa, giving a
                  C 
 dose of what the future holds 
So now I'm back to the sofa, giving a dose of what the future holds 
            D 
'Cause it's another day 
                  Em 
Plus I'll keep my last name forever
 keep the genre pretty basic 
Plus I'll keep my last name forever keep the genre pretty basic 
         G 
Gonna be breaking into other peoples
 tunes when I chase it 
Gonna be breaking into other peoples tunes when I chase it 
    A 
And replace it with the elephant in
 the room with a facelift 
And replace it with the elephant in the room with a facelift 
     C                     D 
Into another rappers shoes using new
 laces 
Into another rappers shoes using new laces 
Em 
Selling CDs from my rucksack aiming
 for the papers 
Selling CDs from my rucksack aiming for the papers 
G 
Selling CDs from my rucksack aiming
 for the majors 
Selling CDs from my rucksack aiming for the majors 
      A 
Nationwide tour with just jack, still
 had to get the bus back 
Nationwide tour with just jack, still had to get the bus back 
C                       D 
Clean cut kid without a razor for the
 mustache 
Clean cut kid without a razor for the mustache 
  Em 
I hit back when the pen hurts me 
    G 
I'm still a choir boy in a Fenchurch
 tee 
I'm still a choir boy in a Fenchurch tee 
    A 
I'm still the same as a year ago 
  
But more people hear me though 
C                            D 
According to the MySpace and YouTube
 videos 
According to the MySpace and YouTube videos 
    Em 
I'm always doing shows if I'm not I'm
 in the studio 
I'm always doing shows if I'm not I'm in the studio 
G 
Truly broke, never growing up call me
 Ruffio 
Truly broke, never growing up call me Ruffio 
A 
Melody music maker 
  
Reading all the papers 
C                                  
They say I'm up and coming like I'm
 D 
 fucking in an elevator.
They say I'm up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator.
[Chorus]
Em                                  
Cause you need me, man, I don't need
 G 
 you 
Cause you need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D                     Em 
You need me, man, I don't need you  
Em                                
You need me, man, I don't need you
   G 
 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               A 
You need me, man, I don't need you 
                               C 
You need me, man, I don't need you at
 all 
You need me, man, I don't need you at all 
         D                     Em 
You need me, man, I don't need you