I'm Trying (not Friends)(Chords)

	        
Verse 1:
C 
London 2020 
                     F 
Boy and a girl broke up, yeah, it's two a penny 
                        Am 
And I been tryna make a big step forward 
G 
Saw you, it was awkward 
F 
Nothing like I thought would happen happened 
C                                                F 
I was so in love, and that don't come off in the wash 

Kinda hope it does, though 
                             Am 
'Cause you're seeing someone pretty and I hate her guts 
G                           E 
So I'll be telling you she's nice on the bus home
 


        C 
We were bad but we're gonna be good 
          F 
It didn't work like I thought it would 
         Am                          G 
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest 
             F 
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise 
      C 
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride 
        F 
And you swore you would do better this time 
                Am                    G                   F 
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying 
                        C 
But at least I'm trying 
C 
(At least I'm trying) 

At least I'm trying 


Verse 2:
C 
Three shots, lemon drops 
                       F 
One for being lost and alone in your early twenties 
                                Am 
One for being obsessed with someone who puts you secondary 
G                           F 
One for calling guys with guitars in a cemetery 

Just me? Okay 
C                                             F 
If I'm being frank, I want a 'sorry' but I'll settle for a handshake 
                           Am                     G 
'Cause I'm a baby but I'm gonna be the bigger man, babe 
                     F 
So many blank slates I could build a whole fucking house 


        C 
We were bad but we're gonna be good 
          F 
It didn't work like I thought it would 
         Am                           G 
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest 
              F 
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise 
      C 
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride 
        F 
And you swore you would do better this time 
                Am                    G                   F 
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying 
                        C 
But at least I'm trying 

At least I'm trying 


Bridge:
    C 
Not friends 

No, we're somewhere in between 
              F                                                      Am 
'Cause you're awful and I miss you and I killed you in my dream last night 
     G 
Even then you didn't care 
       F 
It's a low when even in my dreams you still don't want me there 
    C 
Got friends, got at least a healthy five 
           F 
Yeah, some people think I'm funny, baby, don't look so surprised (Some people think I'm funny!) 
   Am              G 
We think that your girlfriend is a bore 
          F 
But we're nice to her in public cause we're grown up and mature 
    C 
Not friends 
                                             F 
'Cause when I asked you on the train why you hurt me and you couldn't really actually explain 
  Am           G 
I cried, then I told you it was cool 
         F 
God, you haven't changed at all! 


        C 
We were bad but we're gonna be good 
          F 
It didn't work like I thought it would 
         Am                          G 
And I resent you just a little if I'm honest 
             F 
But one of us has gotta try to keep a promise 
      C 
And I swore that I'd swallow my pride 
        F 
And you swore you would do better this time 
                Am                     G                   F 
Well I might be bitter and twisted and broken and petty and lying 
                 Am                    G                       F 
And you might be awful like all of the time, yeah, it's almost inspiring 
                      C 
But at least I'm trying 
C 
At least I'm trying 

At least I'm trying