Guarantee That Id Be Loved

D D Em11 D Em11 VERSE I D Em11 He once was friend of mine D Em11 Who needed me all the time A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G/B To pull him back from the edge Gm/Bb To try to put him at ease D/A Or talk him off the ledge Ab9 I had to keep him alive GM7 I did whatever he pleased A7/C#* D* So maybe that would guarantee that I'd be loved VERSE II D Em11 She seemed like a safer bet D Em11 Akin to a marionette A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G/B Just to escape my own head Gm/Bb Or to try shift the mode D/A Some fight or flight like responsе Ab9 Had left my body for dead GM7 I tried to fеign nonchalance A7/C#* D* Oh, maybe that would guarantee that I'd be loved VERSE III D Em11 We both fell in love on stage D Em11 Still teens, no longer underage A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G/B To feel the warmth of her bed Gm/Bb To feel a part of her home D/A When she was trying to bloom Ab9 I only felt in the way GM7 Our kind of sweetness was doomed A7/C#* D* But had I stayed I would be guaranteed good love VERSE IV D Em11 She seemed inapproachable D Em11 So proud, so inconsolable A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G6/B To bring our creation to life Gm7/Bb To live up to our dreams D/A And cut myself down to size Ab7alt We came apart at the seams GM9 But I would never dare say A7/C#* D* I thought it guaranteed that I could not be saved VERSE V D Em11 I longed for her long before D Em11 Our paths crossed an open door A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G For us to both reinvent Gm6 One day I just couldn't tell D Her heartbeats from my own Ab7alt And I thought to myself GM9 I've gone and done it again A9 D She was the greatest love that I had ever known D D/C# Em11 Em/A D D/C# Em11 Em/A A7/C# D/C VERSE VI D/C G/B Turns out it wasn't enough Gm9/Bb I longed to live in a dream D/A Of everything I could be Ab7alt And she still echoed a world GM9 I thought I wanted to flee A7/C# D D/C# And though she always guaranteed that I'd be loved Em11/G I let it all go Gm7/Bb I turned it all down D/A There was nothing to discuss Ab7alt Although I took all her time GM9 Trying to give up on us A7/C# D D/C# D Give up the greatest guarantee that I'd be loved VERSE VII D Em11 He would have been four by now D Em11 Our son, if he was around A7/C# D/C How far would I be willing to go G/B To not be weighed down by love Gm/Bb To never have to say no D/A I'd pull myself from the edge Ab9 To put my baby at ease GM7 I'd talk myself off the ledge A7/C#* D* If maybe that could guarantee that I'd be loved