A#      A#m     C       C#      D#      F       Fm      
<====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  <====>  
 ||OO    |OOO    ||||    OOO|    |||O    ||O|    O|O|   
 |O||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    O|||    ||||   
 O|||    O|||    |||O    ||||    |OO|    ||||    |||O   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    |||O    ||||    ||||    ||||   
.||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||    ||||   

G#      Gm      
<====>  <====>  
 ||||    |||O   
 ||||    |O||   
 |O|O    ||O|   
 ||O|    ||||   
.O|||   .||||   
 ||||    ||||   

[Intro]
Fm C#  G#
   yeah
Fm C#  G#


[Verse]
        Fm    C#  G#
You are    my fire
       Fm     C# G#
The one    desire
       Fm     C#  G#
Believe   when I say
Fm         D#   G#
I want it that way

      Fm     C#   G#      Fm
But we   are two worlds apart
       C#    G#        Fm
Can't reach to your heart
      C#   G#
When you say
     Fm        D#    G#
That I want it that way


[Chorus]
         C#
Tell me why
                     D#     Fm
(Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
         C#
Tell me why
                    D#    Fm
(Ain't nothin' but a mistake)
          C#
(Tell me why)
               D#        G#
I never wanna hear you say
 Fm        D#    G#
(I want it that way)


[Verse]
     Fm    C# G#
Am I   your fire
        Fm    C# G#
Your one    desire
      Fm        C#    G#
Yes I know, it's too late
    Fm        D#    G#
But I want it that way


[Chorus]
         C#
Tell me why
                     D#     Fm
(Ain't nothin' but a heartache)
         C#
Tell me why
                     D#    Fm
(Ain't nothin' but a mistake) 
          C#
(Tell me why)
               D#        G#
I never wanna hear you say
 Fm        C
(I want it that way)


[Bridge]
Fm                        G#/D#
Now I can see that we're falling apart
          C#                  A#m    D#
From the way that it used to be, yeah
     Fm                  G#/D#
No matter the distance I want you to know
      C#                  D#
That deep down inside of me...


[Verse]
        Fm    C#  G#
You are    my fire
       Fm     C# G#
The one    desire
     C#
You are
             D#        G#     Fm      D#
You are, you are, you are  (I want it...)


[Chorus]
D#
  Don't wanna hear you (say)
D#                    F  Gm
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
D#                    F Gm
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
D#              F       A#
I never wanna hear you say
Gm           F   A#
   I want it that way


[Chorus]
         D#
Tell me why
                    F   Gm
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
         D#
Tell me why
                    F Gm
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
         D#
Tell me why
               F       A#
I never wanna hear you say
Gm        F   A#
I want it that way
         D#
Tell me why
                    F   Gm
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
D#                     F Gm
  Ain't nothin' but a mistake
         D#
Tell me why
               F       A#
I never wanna hear you say
Gm        F   A#
I want it that way
      Gm         F   A#
Cause, I want it that way