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Avril Lavigne feat. blackbear – Love It When You Hate Me Chords

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsDm Bb F C/EF/AC

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[Verse 1] Avril
      Dm           Bb
I'm a lush And I'm drunk
again off another crush
      F         C/E
Don't rush Just take your
time don't feel too much
Dm
  And how about you just
          Bb
take some blame? I
always take all the
F
pain You should
               C/E
just forget my name

[Refrain 1] Avril
    F/A Bb  F
And I     ignore all
    C/E     F/A  Bb
the warning signs
C
Fall for you every time

[Chorus 1] Avril
F       C/E       Bb
  Don't call me baby
  Dm
I love it when it you
C      F  C/E       Bb
hate me I know it's crazy
  Dm               C
I love it when you hate me
F               C/E
  The highs the lows the yes
    Bb             Dm
the no's You're so hot
     C       F
when you get cold
      C/E     Bb
Don't call me baby
  C                       Dm
I love it when you hate me

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[Verse 2] Blackbear Sings
       Dm
Yeah I love it when you hate
me wish you could erase me
Bb
I've been so depressed
I don't think anyone
could save me
F
Look at what you did girl
look at how you changed me
C/E
Funny how you twisting up
the truth and then you
         Dm
blame me Running out of fucks
that I could give to you
    Bb
But you could still be
pretty on the inside too
     F
Your heart is so cold but
I love the way you lie
            C/E
Should have seen the red flags
but with you I'm fucking blind

[Refrain 2] Avril and Blackbear
    F/A Bb  F
And I     ignore all
    C/E     F/A  Bb
the warning signs
C
Fall for you every time

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[Chorus 2] Avril and Blackbear
F       C/E       Bb
  Don't call me baby
  Dm
I love it when it you
C      F  C/E       Bb
hate me I know it's crazy
  Dm               C
I love it when you hate me
F               C/E
  The highs the lows the yes
    Bb             Dm
the no's You're so hot
     C       F
when you get cold
      C/E     Bb
Don't call me baby
  C
I love it when you hate me

[Instrumental]
F/A Bb F C/E

[Refrain 3] Avril
    F/A Bb  F
And I     ignore all
    C/E     F/A  Bb
the warning signs
C
Fall for you every time

[Chorus 3/Outro]
F       C/E       Bb
  Don't call me baby
  Dm
I love it when it you
C      F  C/E       Bb
hate me I know it's crazy
  Dm               C
I love it when you hate me
F               C/E
  The highs the lows the yes
    Bb             Dm
the no's You're so hot
     C       F
when you get cold
      C/E     Bb
Don't call me baby
  C
I love it when you hate me

How to play Love It When You Hate Me: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Love It When You Hate Me by Avril Lavigne feat. blackbear on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Love It When You Hate Me by Avril Lavigne feat. blackbear sits in D minor (one flat: B♭), and you need 6 chords to play it: Dm, Bb, F, C/E, F/A and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – F – C/E – Bb (VII – III – VII – VI in D minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Bm, G, D, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.