Melanie Martinez – Avoidant Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Avoidant chords by Melanie Martinez for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
C E F Fm

[Verse 1]
        C
Whoever hurt you
                E
Don't love like I do
             F                  
I've kept my hand in the pot for
                      Fm
 way too long till it falls off
             C
What are you hiding?
              E
The teeth I'm pulling?
             F                 
I've kept my arms ajar while you
                       Fm
 took the car to keep fighting

[Pre-chorus 1]
C                             
Push and pull like tug-of-war,
         E
 when you
Leave, I know it's never 
             F
long till you
Fall back on your face, 
                    Fm
why don't you just hold me?
C                                     E
I'm no psychic, what you thinking? But
                                    F
I predict that you'll be leaving but
Don't learn here just to give her
            Fm
 there, I worked for this

[Chorus]
    C                        E
And you never wanted my love anyway
              F
A detrimental game you play
                    Fm
I can't wait here forever
     C               
It's true, I probably
            E
 could find better, but
                   F
I'm asking you to step it up
                        Fm
Don't hurt me like they did to you

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[Post-chorus]
C E F Fm

[Verse 2]
              C
What are your secrets?
               E
Are they worth keeping?
              F                  
Just let your guard disintegrate,
                            Fm
 tell me all the ways you're feeling
             C
What are you fearing?
             E
That I'll be leaving?
             F                     
The more you stitch your lips until 
                       Fm
nothing slips, I could see it

[Pre-chorus 2]
C                  
Push and pull, like 
                     E
tug-of-war, when you
Leave, it brings me to 
                  F
the edge of doom
Next time you fall on your knees, 
        Fm
I won't heal you
C                      
I'm no psychic, I don't
               E
 know if you'll

Fight for this or fight for yourself
       F                   
'Cause the next time I hear 
                     Fm
you yell at me, I am running

[Chorus 2]
       C                        E
'Cause you never wanted my love anyway
              F
A detrimental game you play
                    Fm
I won't wait here forever
     C                           E
It's true, I probably could find better
                       F
But I think I'm better off alone
                          Fm
I've dealt with ones just like you

[Bridge]
C                        
If the fall of our memory
                  E
 comes to be true
Then I'll know I did everything
            F
 I could do
To show you the depth of what
                 Fm
 love can pursue

Ooh-ooh-ooh
C                     
When you're out there, 
                       E
talking to someone new
Think of everything that 
                 F
I have given you
                                  Fm
Maybe she can get some of that too
                           C
That's what my love can do