
I Want Love
Chris Stapleton
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Tom : Gm
Bb Gm Dm
[Verse]
Bb Gm F
I want love, but it's impossible
Dm Gm Eb
A man like me, so irresponsible
D Gm
A man like me is dead in places
Csus4 C F
Other men feel liberated
Bb Gm F
I can't love, shot full of holes
Dm Gm Eb
Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold
D Gm
Don't feel nothing, just old scars
Csus4 C F
Toughening up around my heart
[Chorus]
Bb Bb7
But I want love, just a different kind
Eb F#
I want love, won't break me down
Bb D
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
Gm
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
Csus4 C Ab F Bb
That's the love I want, I want love
[Verse]
Bb Gm F
I want love on my own terms
Dm Gm Eb
After everything I've ever learned
Dsus4 D Gm
Me, I carry too much baggage
Csus4 C F
Oh man I've seen so much traffic
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
F# C#
So bring it on, I've been bruised
Ab C#
Don't give me love that's clean and smooth
C#m B
I'm ready for the rougher stuff
F# Eb F
No sweet romance, I've had enough
[Instrumental]
Bb Gm F D Gm Eb
[Pre-Chorus]
D Gm
Oh, a man like me is dead in places
C F
Other men feel liberated
[Chorus 2x]
[Chorus]
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