[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G D/F#
I wanna tell you how I feel but I don't really know
Em D
I wanna eat my dinner without feeling like I've grown
G G/B
I wish that we were seventeen and on the next train home
C D G
I Do not want to hurt you but I'm scared it's in my bones
[Verse 2]
G
Making jokes to hide the fact that cards could always fall
F Em
Tying knots and taking shots and skipping shitty stones
G G/B
Learning what the words mean seven years after the song
C D G
I Do not want to hurt you but I'm scared it's in my bones
[Chorus]
C G
To grow and to shake
Em F
To know you is to know something safe
Cmaj7 G
To cry and to say
Cmaj7 D G
"I'm sorry that I'm brittle and broken today"
[Verse 3]
G D/F#
Daylight's wasting, dogs are chasing, Robin's on the lawn
Em D
Mom got mad, yelled at my dad, 'cause he did something wrong
G D/F#
I was raised in California, poking dragons just for fun
C D G
"I Do not want to hurt you" whispered softly through the phone
[Verse 4]
G D/F#
Catching up and packing up and borrowing your socks
F Em
Learned to tell you every single movie that I watched
G D/F#
Learned to be two people strung together, arm in arm
C D G
"I Do not want to hurt you" whispered softly on a call
[Chorus]
Cmaj7 G
To grow and to change
Em F
To know you is to know I'm not brave
Cmaj7 G
To lie and to chase
C D G
The reason why you're hurting, and I'm hurting just the same
[Post-Chorus]
G D G F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Em G D C G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Outro]
C G
To snap and to sprain
Em F
To bandage it up 'til it's stuck in one place
C G
To cry and to say
C
"I Do not want to hurt you"
G
But the truth is, I will hurt you
C
The truth is I will hurt you
G
I will hurt you either way