A Cautionary Tale

Intro 
G 


    G                Em 
Oh, heavens, hear my story 
  C        D 
A cautionary tale 
   G                Em 
Of how I came to be loved 
    C            D 
And how it came to fail 

 
  Am             Em 
A first time for lovers 
  C                D 
A first time in agony 
    Am                Em 
The truths you will uncover 
     C                 D 
Will knock you on your knees 



Em                 C                G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
                D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em                 C                   G 
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart 
                   D          Em               C 
Took your draining personality  and gave it to me 
            G                   D             Am 
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime 
                Em                      C 
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted 
                D             G   Em C D 
And made me the villain, all alone 

 
  G                     Em 
I struggled through the winter 
      C                   D 
Found cheat codes to your soul 
    G            Em 
Was born to be a giver 
   C                D 
Destined to pay the toll 

 
Em                 C                G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
                D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em                 C                   G 
  I've always been smart, my chameleon heart 
                   D          Em               C 
Took your draining personality  and gave it to me 
            G                   D             Am 
I wanted to please you, this performance of a lifetime 
                Em                      C 
My heart to you handed, you took it for granted 
                D 
And made me the villain 


      G                   Em                  C             D 
Oh, inside you, there's a guiltless child who never saw his mother smile 
  G              Em               C                  D 
A boy who had no sense of home, believes he's better off alone 
    Em          C           G            D   Dm 
Who coils up in jealousy to mask his insecurities 
    Em               C                 A7                            C    D 
And I can't fix you, God, I tried, the hourglass I shattered just in time 

Outro 
Em                 C                G 
  I gave it too much, I gave myself up 
                D 
I lost sight of all my dignity 
Em               C                 G 
  One more lover fails, cautionary tales 
            D 
Continue to happen to me