[Verse 1]
C
Honestly, I’m kinda burned out
Am
I’ve been waitin’ so long
Bb
I guess I’ve just been watching your mouth
F
Try to form the words of a love song
C
And, honey, will you sing it for me?
Am
Get it stuck inside my head
Bb
Cutting letters out of a magazine
Dm
I write myself a ransom love note instead
[Chorus]
F
Well, how many figures will it take
Dm
For you to bring me back my heart?
Am
‘Cause right now, it’s sittin’ in your basement
C
Hidden in the back with some stolen art
F
And, hey, Mona Lisa
Dm
While you’re smiling, will you give him one for me?
Am
‘Cause I locked myself inside his coffin
C
And I was dumb ?nough
To throw away the—
[Verse 2]
C
Well honestly, it’s kinda my fault
Am
I’v? been wastin’ my time
Bb
But I would rather watch you from miles away
F
Than be a little closer and bored and blind
C
And when I’m lookin’ at you
Am
Everything disappears
Bb
And lovin’ gets a little bit lonelier
Dm
But loneliness was never my biggest fear
[Chorus]
F
Well, how many figures will it take
Dm
For you to bring me back my heart?
Am
‘Cause right now, it’s sittin’ in your basement
C
Hidden in the back with some stolen art
F
And, hey, Mona Lisa
Dm
While you’re smiling, will you give him one for me?
Am
‘Cause I locked myself inside his coffin
C
And I was dumb ?nough
F Dm
To throw away the key….
Am C F Dm Am C
Yeah, throw away the key,…hey…..
[Bridge]
F Dm
Don’t you wanna read my letter?
Am C F
Maybe you’d like to know me better
Dm
Don’t you wanna read my letter?
Am C F
Maybe you’d like to know me better
Dm
Don’t you wanna read my letter?
Am C
Maybe you’d like to know me better
F Dm Am C
Know me better, know me better…..
[Chorus]
F Em
Well, how many figures will it take
Dm
For you to bring me back my heart?
Am
‘Cause right now, it’s sittin’ in your basement
C
Hidden in the back with some stolen art
F
And, hey, Mona Lisa
Dm
While you’re smiling, will you give him one for me?
Am
‘Cause I locked myself inside his coffin
C
And I was dumb ?nough
F Dm
To throw away the key….
Am C F Dm Am C
Yeah, throw away the key,…hey…..
[Outro]
F
Don’t you wanna read my letter? (Ooh-ooh)
Dm
Maybe you’d like to know me better
Am
Don’t you wanna read my letter? (Don’t you wanna read)
C
Maybe you’d like to know me better
F
(Maybe you’d like to know me)
Don’t you wanna read my letter? (Don’t you wanna read my)
Dm
Maybe you’d like to know me better
Am C
(Maybe you’d like to know me better, know me better)
Maybe you’d like to know me—