The Way That I Need You Acoustic chords by Passenger

Capo I

* = Strum Once


INTRO

C F X3

VERSE 1

         C      F         C
He's the deflated balloon wrapped around your gate
 F           C          G
Cut priced to clear and past his sell by a date
     C             F      Am            D9
He'll be fool running through the churchyard screaming out "it's not too late"
     G            C      F
When he does, I know that you'll wait

VERSE 2

      C         F          C
He's the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong
      F         C         G
He's the beauty queen that strings your heart along
       C       F        Am       D9   G
And he'll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong
              C
But I know you love him strong


CHORUS

      F           C
So I'm leaving for theres nothing to believe in
      G       F      C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
 F
Please dont go mistreating me
      C
I'm not saying you've been misleading me
      G      F        C
Just not needing me the way that I need you


C F x 3


VERSE 3

      C       F        C
He's the elephant in the room that never speaks
     F        C       G
But you dream about him every two weeks
    C       F          Am    D9  G
I wouldnt know his name, but you call it in your sleep
             C
Oh I know you love him deep


BRIDGE


C        F       C
So run back to him like you should
  F       C       G
I guess I always knew that you would
      *C      *F    *Am     *D9  G
For he's captured your heart in a way I never could
           C
So go on and love him good


CHORUS (2)


     F            C
So I'm leaving for there's nothing to believe in
      G       F     C
I'm just grieving for a love I never knew
     F
I'm the stray cat you keep feeding
      C
You're the book I cant stop reading
     G     F        C
But the tides are receding that its true
   F
So please dont go mistreating me
      C
I'm not saying youve been misleading me,
      *G     *F       *Am  *CMaj7 *G
Just not needing me the way that I need you
      *C      *F        C
Just not needing me the way that I need you