Intro: D
D D D D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
D D D D
You can't just leave me - yeah - to face life on my own!
D D D
I know you don't love me no more, I knew this day would come...
C Em D
Even when it cuts so deep - it's true I still want you.
C Em D
But the harder I try - the more I seem to lose.
D D G A D
'Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin to recover - now that I know it wasn't love
D D D
It's always a different story, when it's me who's in the wrong.
D D D
'Cause you can't - have it all, cause I'm the one who's strong.
Em D
I've already been burnt before - once but never a-gain.
C Em D
I know the time will come, yeah - that's when you'll need me then.
D D G A D
'Cause I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin' to recover - now that I know it wasn't love.
D D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
And I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love.
A A G
'Cause you don't even care what I'm saying - you don't even think what you're doin'.
A A C Em
All you see is what you want it to be - but that is just no good for me-yeah!
Bridge : D D D D C Em D D
D D G A D
Oh, I don't want a lover - I just need a friend. I've been tryin' to recover - now that I know that it wasn't love.
D D
Cause' you don't even care with what I'm saying - Cause you don't even think what you're doin'
G A D
All you see is what you want it to be - and there's no room left for me.
D D
Oh I don't want a lover - I just need a friend.
G A D
I know you never cared - now that I know it wasn't love.
D D G A D
And now that I know - yeah - now that I know - yeah know that it wasn't love - no-no-no-ever-the-love.
Composição de Johnny McElhone/Sharleen Spiteri