Tempo = 96
[INTRO]
Ab Fm7 Cm Bb
[VERSE 1]
Ab Fm7
If you're not the one for me
Cm Bb Gm
Then how come I can bring you to your knees?
Ab Fm7
If you're not the one for me,
Cm Bb Gm
Why do I hate the idea of being free?
Ab Fm7
And if I'm not the one for you
Cm Bb
You've got to stop holding me the way you do.
Gm Ab Fm7
Oh, honey, if I'm not the one for you,
Cm Bb
Why have we been through what we have been through?
[PRE-CHORUS]
Gm Ab Fm7
It's so cold out here
Cm Bb
In your wilderness
Gm Ab Fm7
I want you to be my keeper...
Cm Bb
But not if you're so reckless
[CHORUS]
Eb
If you're gonna let me down,
Let me down gently,
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me.
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge
Eb
If you're gonna let me down,
Let me down gently,
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge.
[BREAK]
Eb Fm7
Whoa...
Cm Ab
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge
[VERSE 2]
Ab Fm7
What are you waiting for?
Cm Bb Gm
You never seem to make it through the door...
Ab Fm7
And who are you hiding from?
Cm Bb Gm
it ain't no life to live like you're on the run.
Ab Fm7
Have I ever asked for much?
Cm Bb Gm
the only thing that I want is your love
[CHORUS]
Eb
If you're gonna let me down
Let me down gently
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge.
Eb
If you're gonna let me down
Let me down gently
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge.
Eb Fm7
Whoa
Cm Ab
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge.
[BRIDGE]
Ab Fm7
It's so cold...
Cm Bb
In your wilderness
Gm Ab Fm7
I want you to be my keeper
Cm Bb
But not if you're so reckless.
[CHORUS]
Eb
If you're gonna let me down
Let me down gently
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge.
Eb
If you're gonna let me down
Let me down gently
Fm7
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Cm Ab
Our love ain't water under the bridge.
Eb
Whoa, say it ain't so, say it ain't so...
Fm7
Say it ain't so, say it ain't so...
Cm
Say that our love ain't water under the (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
Ab
bridge
(say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
Eb
Whoa, say it ain't so, say it ain't so...
Fm7
Say it ain't so, say it ain't so...
Cm
Say that our love ain't water under the (say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
Ab
bridge
(say it ain't so, say it ain't so)
[OUTRO]
Eb Fm7
N.C. Eb
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge.
