[Intro]
F C G Am
F C G G
[Verse]
F                                
When I was a kid the things I did
             C 
 were hidden under the grid 
When I was a kid the things I did were hidden under the grid 
G                                
Young and naive, I never believed
                 Am 
 that love could be so well hid 
Young and naive, I never believed that love could be so well hid 
F                                  
With regret I'm willing to bet they
         C 
 say the older you get 
With regret I'm willing to bet they say the older you get 
G                                   
It gets harder to forgive and harder
 Am 
 to forget 
It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget 
F                              
It gets under your shirt like a
 C 
 dagger at work 
It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work 
G                                   
The first cut is the deepest but the
 Am 
 rest still flippin' hurt 
The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flippin' hurt 
    F                           
You build your heart of plastic,
        C 
 you're cynical and sarcastic 
You build your heart of plastic, you're cynical and sarcastic 
        G 
And you end up in the corner on your
 own
And you end up in the corner on your own
[Chorus]
F                                
'Cos I'd love to feel love, but I
       C 
 can't stand the rejection 
'Cos I'd love to feel love, but I can't stand the rejection 
  G                         Am 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of
 protection 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection 
  F                             
I thought I was close, but under
 C 
 further inspection 
I thought I was close, but under further inspection 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am 
 wrong direction, oh no
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction, oh no
[Intro]

F C G Am
F C G G
[Verse]
           F                    
What's the point in getting your
                 C 
 hopes up, when all you're ever
 getting is choked up? 
What's the point in getting your hopes up, when all you're ever getting is choked up? 
            G                  
When you're coked up, and can't
              Am 
 remember the reason why you
 broke up 
When you're coked up, and can't remember the reason why you broke up 
       F                           
You'll call her in the morning when
        C 
 you're coming down and falling 
You'll call her in the morning when you're coming down and falling 
        G 
Like an old man on the side of the
 road 
Like an old man on the side of the road 
                   F 
Cause when you're apart, you don't
 wanna mingle 
Cause when you're apart, you don't wanna mingle 
            C 
When you're together you wanna be
 single 
When you're together you wanna be single 
         G                         
Ever the chase to taste the kiss of
            Am 
 bliss that made your heart tingle 
Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss that made your heart tingle 
         F 
How much greener the grass is 
              C 
Through those rose tinted glasses 
         G 
But the butterflies they flutter by
 and leave us on our arses
But the butterflies they flutter by and leave us on our arses
[Chorus]
F                                    
'Cos I want to feel love, but I can't
   C 
 stand the rejection 
'Cos I want to feel love, but I can't stand the rejection 
  G                         Am 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of
 protection 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection 
  F                             
I thought Ii was close, but under
 C 
 further inspection 
I thought Ii was close, but under further inspection 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am 
 wrong direction 
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction 
        F                        
There's fish in the sea for me to
 C 
 make a selection 
There's fish in the sea for me to make a selection 
    G                            Am 
I'd jump in, if it wasn't for my ear
 infection 
I'd jump in, if it wasn't for my ear infection 
      F                          
Cause all I really want is try to
  C 
 make a connection 
Cause all I really want is try to make a connection 
       G                             
But it seems I've been running in the
 Am 
 wrong direction, oh no
But it seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh no
[Intro]

F C G Am
F C G G
[Chorus]
            F                      
oh oh, I'd love to feel love, but I
        C 
 can't stand the rejection 
oh oh, I'd love to feel love, but I can't stand the rejection 
  G                         Am 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of
 protection 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection 
  F                             
I thought I was close, but under
 C 
 further inspection 
I thought I was close, but under further inspection 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am 
 wrong direction 
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction 
 
 
     F                            
I'd love to feel love, but I can't
   C 
 stand the rejection 
I'd love to feel love, but I can't stand the rejection 
  G                         Am 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of
 protection 
I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection 
       F                            
and I thought I was close, but under
  C 
 further inspection 
and I thought I was close, but under further inspection 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am                      F C 
 wrong direction, oh no
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction, oh no
[Outro]
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am              F C 
 wrong direction 
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am              F C 
 wrong direction 
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am              F C 
 wrong direction 
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction 
  
(one strum) 
   G                              
It seems I've been running, in the
 Am 
 wrong direction
It seems I've been running, in the wrong direction