Verse 1:
Talkin’ in my sleep at night, makin’ myself crazy
C B A B C B A C B A B D C
(Out of my mind, out of my mind)
E A A A G E A A A G
Wrote it down and read it out, hopin’ it would save me
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(Too many times, too many times)
E A A A G E A A A G
My love, he makes me feel like nobody else, nobody else
E G G F E D C A E F E A E F E
But my love, he doesn’t love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself
D E E G G F E D C A A E F E A E F E D
Pre-Chorus:
One: Don’t pick up the phone
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You know he’s only callin’ ’cause he’s drunk and alone
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Two: Don’t let him in
A E D D D
You’ll have to kick him out again
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Three: Don’t be his friend
A E D D D
You know you’re gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
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And if you’re under him, you ain’t gettin’ over him
D E E D D D D A D A D D A
Chorus:
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
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I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
A B C E C C B C
Verse 2:
I keep pushin’ forwards, but he keeps pullin’ me backwards
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(Nowhere to turn, no way)
E A A A E A
(Nowhere to turn, no)
E A A A G
Now I’m standin’ back from it, I finally see the pattern
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(I never learn, I never learn)
E A A A E A A A G
But my love, he doesn’t love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself
D E E G G F E D C A A E F E A E F E
I do, I do, I do
G G A A C C
Pre-Chorus:
One: Don’t pick up the phone
A D E D D D
You know he’s only callin’ ’cause he’s drunk and alone
C D D D D D D C A D D D D
Two: Don’t let him in
A E D D D
You’ll have to kick him out again
A D A D A D D D
Three: Don’t be his friend
A E D D D
You know you’re gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
C G G G G G G G G D C D D E
And if you’re under him, you ain’t gettin’ over him
D E E D D D D A D A D D A
Chorus:
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
A B C E C C B C
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
A B C E C C B C
Bridge:
Practice makes perfect
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I’m still tryna learn it by heart (I got new rules, I count ’em)
A G E D C A F A B C E C B A
Eat, sleep, and breathe it
C B A E D
Rehearse and repeat it, ’cause I…
C A G E D C A F A
Pre-Chorus:
One: Don’t pick up the phone
A D E D D D
You know he’s only callin’ ’cause he’s drunk and alone
C D D D D D D C A D D D D
Two: Don’t let him in
A E D D D
You’ll have to kick him out again
A D A D A D D D
Three: Don’t be his friend
A E D D D
You know you’re gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
C G G G G G G G G D C D D E
And if you’re under him, you ain’t gettin’ over him
D E E D D D D A D A D D A
Chorus:
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
A B C E C C B C
I got new rules, I count ’em
A B C E C B A
I gotta tell them to myself
A B C E C C B C
