Japanese Gum

B G#m F# G#m

B                    G#m
I used to know this girl
                   F#
Who gave her love away
                 G#m
To every guy she met
                               B
And with all those games they played
                    G#m
She never seemed to cry
               F#
She never got upset
                    G#m
And one by one they came
                     B
And one by one they left
                       G#m
I thought that I could fix her
                    B
If she would let me in
              G#m
But all of my advances
                      B
Were shut down in the end
                       G#m
When days turned into months
                 F#
I begged her to explain
G#m
And this is what she sang

B
It's not like I'm a slut
           G#m
Or that I really like to fuck
             B
I just want every boy I see
        G#m
To walk away with part of me
               B
Until there's nothing left to hold
              G#m
Until there's nothing left to hate
   B
I appreciate your help
         G#m
But even you can't save me from myself

B G#m F# G#m

B                   G#m
I used to know this boy
                    F#m
Who took notes in a book
                          G#m
But he ripped out all the pages
               B
Before I got a look
                    G#m
At all the words he scribbled
                    B
At all the lines he filled
                           G#m
But the ink stains on his fingers
                B
Told me he was skilled
               G#m
At capturing a feeling
                     F#
That most of us just miss
                    G#m
The simple pain of living
                     B
With goodbyes on our lips
                   G#m
I found one of the pages
                F#
Crumpled by her bed
G#m
And this is how it read

B
It's not like I am weak
          G#m
Or that I don't know how to leave
                B
It's just that every time you cheat
              G#m
You bring me closer to defeat

               B
Until there's nothing left to love
              G#m
Until there's nothing left to say
B
I know that you need help
         G#m
But even I can't save you from yourself

F# G#m x2
F#
B C#m x4
B F#m C#m