Intro: G Em x2
L[G]et's find someth[Em]ing that can last.
L[C/G]ike cigarette ash,
T[G]he world is collapsing [D/F#]around me.
L[D/F#]et's try to do the[C/G] best we can.
I[C/G] think I n[D]eed more th[G]an the fl[D/F#]owers and le[G]tters, m[D/F#]an.
It's not[G] that I [D/F#]don't try, it's [G]that you won't[D/F#] again
And it [D/F#]hurts too much to[C/G] laugh about it[D/F#]
(Yes[D/F#] it hurts too much to laugh about it)
H[G]ey, please think about it, f[Em]riend.
I[C/G] know you're lonely, I'm[G] here writing in the da[D/F#]rk
T[D/F#]ryin' to get th[C/G]e balls
B[C/G]ut it hurts too mu[D/F#]ch to ask
D[G]ear I Need Someone Who's[Em] Lost,
T[C/G]ell me how not to sto[G]p all these tears and[D/F#] fears
S[D/F#]o nothing else wil[C/G]l drop,
So[C/G] all this pain [D/F#]will stop.
But[D/F#] if it hurts to[C/G]o much ask
If [C/G]it hurts too mu[D/F#]ch to ask
[G]It's not that I [Em]don't cry,
[C/G]It's that I have to[D/F#] hide,
[C/G]Yeah it's that I ha[D/F#]ve to hide
So[D/F#] I won't be there to a[C/G]sk.
S[C/G]o I won't be there to[D/F#] ask.
No, I won't[C/G] be the one to ask.[D/F#]
[D/F#]I won't be there to ask.
It h[C/G]urts too much to laugh about it.[D/F#]
Yes i[D/F#]t hurts too much to [C/G]laugh about it.[D/F#]
D/F# C/G (let ring)
Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it, man.
L[G]et's find someth[Em]ing that can last.
L[C/G]ike cigarette ash,
T[G]he world is collapsing [D/F#]around me.
L[D/F#]et's try to do the[C/G] best we can.
I[C/G] think I n[D]eed more th[G]an the fl[D/F#]owers and le[G]tters, m[D/F#]an.
It's not[G] that I [D/F#]don't try, it's [G]that you won't[D/F#] again
And it [D/F#]hurts too much to[C/G] laugh about it[D/F#]
(Yes[D/F#] it hurts too much to laugh about it)
H[G]ey, please think about it, f[Em]riend.
I[C/G] know you're lonely, I'm[G] here writing in the da[D/F#]rk
T[D/F#]ryin' to get th[C/G]e balls
B[C/G]ut it hurts too mu[D/F#]ch to ask
D[G]ear I Need Someone Who's[Em] Lost,
T[C/G]ell me how not to sto[G]p all these tears and[D/F#] fears
S[D/F#]o nothing else wil[C/G]l drop,
So[C/G] all this pain [D/F#]will stop.
But[D/F#] if it hurts to[C/G]o much ask
If [C/G]it hurts too mu[D/F#]ch to ask
[G]It's not that I [Em]don't cry,
[C/G]It's that I have to[D/F#] hide,
[C/G]Yeah it's that I ha[D/F#]ve to hide
So[D/F#] I won't be there to a[C/G]sk.
S[C/G]o I won't be there to[D/F#] ask.
No, I won't[C/G] be the one to ask.[D/F#]
[D/F#]I won't be there to ask.
It h[C/G]urts too much to laugh about it.[D/F#]
Yes i[D/F#]t hurts too much to [C/G]laugh about it.[D/F#]
D/F# C/G (let ring)
Yes it hurts too much to laugh about it, man.