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

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

[Intro]
Cm G#  D#
   yeah
Cm G#  D#


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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