If You Don't, Don't — Jimmy Eat World
Chords and lyrics for If You Don't, Don't by Jimmy Eat World (key of C).
Verse 1
Chords used:
[Cmaj7]Fmaj7 xx3210
Am 002210
F 133211
[C]G 320033
Em 022000
Intro
[Cmaj7]
Verse 1
What's wrong [Cmaj7]baby,
Don't they [Fmaj7]treat you like they should?
Did you take 'em [Cmaj7]for it?
Or every [Fmaj7]penny that you could?
Pre-Chorus
We once [Am]walked out on the beach and once I [F]almost touched your hand
Oh how I [C]dreamed to finally say such things then [G]only to pretend
Verse 2
Don't you know I'm [Cmaj7]thinking (know I'm thinking)
Driving [Fmaj7]405 past midnight
You know I [Cmaj7]miss you (don't you know that I miss you?)
Ninth and [Fmaj7]Ash on a Tuesday night
Pre-Chorus
I would [Am]write to you from Museum Mile
A [F]toast to you: your whisper, your smile
[C]Up the stairs at Weatherford
A [G]ghost each place I hide
Chorus 1
If you [Fmaj7]don't don't know, why'd you [G]say so?
Would you [Em]mean this please if it [F]happens?
[Fmaj7]If you don't know, why would you [G]say so?
Won't you [Em]get your story [F]straight
If you [Fmaj7]don't know, honey, why'd you [G]just say so?
Cause I [Em]need this now more than I [F]ever did
If you [Fmaj7]don't, well, honey, then [G]you don't
Verse 3
I left you [Cmaj7]waiting (I know I left you waiting)
At the [Fmaj7]least could we be friends?
Should have never [Cmaj7]started (never started)
Ain't that [Fmaj7]the way it always ends?
Pre-Chorus 2
[Am]On my life I'll try today
There's [F]so much I've felt I should say but
[C]Even if your heart would listen
I [G]doubt I could explain
Chorus 2
If you [Fmaj7]don't don't know, why'd you [G]say so?
Would you [Em]mean this please if it [F]happens?
[Fmaj7]If you don't know, why would you [G]say so?
Won't you [Em]get your story [F]straight
If you [Fmaj7]don't know, honey, why'd you [G]just say so?
Cause I [Em]need this now more than I [F]ever did-did
If you [Fmaj7]don't, well, honey, then [G]you don't
Bridge
[Cmaj7] [Fmaj7]
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [F]
Verse 4
So here we [Cmaj7]are now
A sip of [Fmaj7]wine a sip of water
Someday [Cmaj7]maybe
Maybe [Fmaj7]someday we'll be smarter
Pre-Chorus 3
And I'm [Am]sorry that I'm such a mess
I [F]drank all my money could get and
[C]Took everything you let me have
And then [G]I never loved you back
Chorus 3
If you [Fmaj7]don't don't know, why'd you [G]say so?
Would you [Em]mean this please if it [F]happens?
[Fmaj7]If you don't know, why would you [G]say so?
Won't you [Em]get your story [F]straight
If you [Fmaj7]don't know, honey, why'd you [G]just say so?
Cause I [Em]need this now, now, [F]need this, need this
If you [Fmaj7]don't, well, honey, then [G]you don't...
If you [Fmaj7]don't know, honey, then [G]you don't
And if you [Fmaj7]don't well, honey, then [G]you don't
Outro
(One strum each and let it ring)
[C] [C] If you [C]don't know, [F]honey, honey, then you [C]don't
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