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

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

[Intro]
D#m B  F#
   yeah
D#m B  F#


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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