Sara Bareilles - Love Song

      No capo – Key: Gm

It might look like there a lot of chords and well... there are. But fret not!
Sara, who is in my opinion a great songwriter, does a scale upward from G to F# (which you might see by
the bass notes). It's really important if you wanna replicate what she does on piano, but it's not
necessary if you find it too difficult. Just play the plain chords.

[Intro]
|Gm7      F/A |Bbsus2    C |Dm      C/E |F      D7/F#|

[Verse]
Gm7       F/A Bbsus2
   Head under water
      C Dm          C/E     F       D7/F#
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
Gm7           F/A Bbsus2    C Dm     C/E F D7/F#
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
Gm7           F/A Bbsus2               C Dm
You made room for me but it's too soon to see
   C/E F         D7/F#
If I'm happy in your hands
Gm7     F/A Bbsus2  C Dm    C/E F D/F#
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

[Pre-chorus]
Gm7             F/A
Blank stares at blank pages
Bbsus2    Csus4 C  D7/A
No easy way to say this
Gm7            F/A               Bbsus2
You mean well, but you make this hard on me

[Chorus]
                           Gm7
I'm not gonna write you a love song
        Csus4 C
'cause you asked for it
            F/A           Bbsus2
'cause you need one, you see
              D/F#         Gm7
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           Csus4 C
'cause you tell me it's
        F/A
Make or breaking this
           Bbsus2
If you're on your way
 D/F#          Gm7          F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay
    Dm7                         G7                       Bb9          Csus4 C     Gm7
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song to-day
F/A Bbsus2    C Dm      C/E F    D/F#
              todaaaaaaaaaaaay

[Verse]
Gm7        F/A Bbsus2
I learned the hard way
  C Dm              C/E   F     D7/F#
That they all say things you want to hear
Gm7       F/A Bbsus2  C Dm    C/E F D7/F#
And my heavy heart sinks deep down under
Gm7             F/A Bbsus2       C         Dm
You and your twisted words, your help just hurts
 C/E    F           D/F#        Gm7
You are not what I thought you were
F/A Bbsus2  C  Dm    C/E F  D/F#
Hello       to high and  dry

[Pre-chorus]
Gm7           F/A
Convinced me to please you
Bbsus2         Csus4 C   D7/A
Made me think that I need this too
Gm7        F/A       Bbsus2 Csus4
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

[Chorus]
                           Gm7
I'm not gonna write you a love song
        C
'cause you asked for it
            F/A           Bbsus2
'cause you need one, you see
              D/F#         Gm7
I'm not gonna write you a love song
           C
'cause you tell me it's
        F/A
Make or breaking this
           Bbsus2
If you're on your way
 D/F#          Gm7          F/A
I'm not gonna write you to stay
    Dm7                         G7                       Bb9          Csus4 C     Gm7
If all you have is leaving I'ma need a better reason to write you a love song to-day

[Bridge]
Dm9  Am7  Bb6                 F C/E
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
Dm7        Am7  Bbmaj7           F      C/E
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
Dm           A7            Bb6         C7
'cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say...

[Chorus]
                   D/F# Gm7
I won't write you a love song
          C7sus4 C7
'cause you asked for it
            F7/A       Bb6sus2
'cause you need one you see
                      D/F#  Gm7
I'm not gonna write you a love song
            C7                 F7/A
'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
    Bbmaj9              D/F# Gm7
Is that why you wanted a love song?
             C
'cause you asked for it
            F/A          Bbsus2
'cause you need one you see
         D/F#        Gm7
I won't write you a love song
           C
'cause you tell me it's
        F/A
Make or breaking this
           Bbsus2
If you're on your way
 D/F#      Gm7         F/A
I won't write you to stay

[Outro]
        Bbmaj9
If your heart is nowhere in it
        C7
I don't want it for a minute, babe!
      Dm7                        G7
I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to
Bb           C         Gm
Write you a love song today
F/A Bbsus2 C Dm C/E F   D/F#
           todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
G5   F5/A  Bb5  C5 D5   C6/E F5 F