[Verse]
  C         F C 
Taking it slowly 
  Am             F  C 
I'm afraid to be lonely 
  C       F C 
Nobody told me 
      Am                               F 
It's harder than I thought to tell the truth 
  C                      F  C 
It's gonna leave you in pieces 
  Am                 F  C 
All alone with your demons 
 C                  F  C 
And I know that we need this 
 Am                           F      N.C. 
But I've been too afraid to follow through
[Chorus]
 C                    F     C 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
  Am             G               F C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
 C                    F     C 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      Am          G        F   C 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
  Am                G           F C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
[Verse]
    C                  F C 
Don't know where the time went 
   Am               F C 
Stuck in the wrong mindset 
  C          F C 
I let the rules bend 
       Am                                  F 
When I know that all along they're made to break 
 C                         F C 
You got me searching for reasons 
 Am              F C 
To keep me from leaving 
 C                   F      C 
And that I have trouble breathing 
 Am                         F   C 
I give myself another chance to stay
[Chorus]
  C                    F    C 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
          Am             G     F   C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
  C                    F    C 
So much to say but I don't speak 
  Am                G      F    C 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
          Am             G    F   C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
[Bridge]
Dm7                            C 
 One day before you know it, you will see 
Dm7                           Am G 
  All of the pain and all the irony, yeah 
Dm7                                  Am      C 
You'll feel the stinging and you'll think of me 
          F 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt
[Chorus]
  C                   F    C 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
           Am            G      F C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
C                     F     C 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      Am           G      F    C 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
  C                  F      C 
Hold me close and I won't leave 
          Am             G     F    C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody 
C                    F      C 
So much to say but I don't speak 
      Am          G         F   C 
And I hate that I let you stop me 
          Am             G     F    C 
'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody