Suggested chord voicings:
[D] xx0232
[D/A] x00232
[D/G] 3x0032
[G] 320033
[F#5] 244x22
[F#m] 244222
Intro
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Verse 1
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Called you on the phone today
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Just to ask you how you were
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
All I did was speak normally
[D] [D/A] [G]
Somehow, I still struck a nerve
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
You got me fucked up in the head, boy
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Never doubted myself so much
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Like, am I pretty? Am I fun, boy?
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
I hate that I give you power over that kinda stuff
Chorus
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
'Cause it's always one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
I'm the love of your life until I make you mad
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's always one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m]
Do you love me, want me, hate me?
[G] [D]
Boy, I don't understand
[G] [D]
No, I don't understand
Verse 2
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
And maybe in some masochistic way
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
I kind of find it all exciting
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Like, which lover will I get today?
[D] [D/A] [D/G]
Will you walk me to the door or send me home crying?
Chorus
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
I'm the love of your life until I make you mad
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's always one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m]
Do you love me, want me, hate me?
[G] [D]
Boy, I don't understand
Bridge
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
No, it's back and forth, did I say something wrong?
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's back and forth, going over everything I said
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's back and forth, did I do something wrong?
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's back and forth, maybe this is all your fault instead
Chorus
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
It's one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
And I'd leave you, but the rollercoaster's all I've ever had
[D] [F#m] [G] [D]
Yeah, it's one step forward and three steps back
[D] [F#m]
Do you love me, want me, hate me?
[G] [D]
Boy, I don't understand
[G] [D]
No, I don't understand