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TIT FOR TAT

Tate McRae, Even Closer To What, 2025

Writers: Tate McRae, Ryan Tedder, Grant, Julia Michaels

Producers: Ryan Tedder, Grant

Label: RCA

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Thought I might love you again, I’ll see how I feel,

now that you’re actin’ like that, boy, I never will.

Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal –

right now I’m not even about you…

 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,

right now I’m not even about you.

 
Emaj7 
     The day I met you, boy, I thought it was a  
F#sus4 
blessin’,
 
in the heat of it, I always took your  
G#m 
side.

It’s a shame you out here tryna make it messy,
wow, you’re messy, man.

 
Emaj7 
     We wеre good, I thought we made it through thе  
F#sus4 
ending,
 
I was hearin’ things I never thought you’d  
G#m 
say.

Could have picked it up exactly where we left it,
took our future off your plate.

 
Emaj7 
Let’s go song for song, let’s go back to back,
 
F#sus4 
let’s go tit for tat, boy, you asked for that.
 
G#m 
That’s the best you got, where’s the good one at?

I was never as far away as you thought…

 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,
 
right now I’m  
B 
not even about you.
 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,

right now I’m not even about you.

 
Emaj7 
     I was nothing but respectful and you  
F#sus4 
know 
 
that.
 
Why you changin’ up the narrative to  
G#m 
write?

No I can’t do this, you’re making me do this,

if you wanna fight…

 
Emaj7 
Let’s go song for song, let’s go back to back,
 
F#sus4 
‘til you fix yourself, you can keep all that.
 
G#m 
That’s the best you got, where’s the good one at?

Should’ve known you’d be the type to change…

 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,
 
right now I’m  
B 
not even about you.
 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,

right now I’m not even about you.

 
Emaj7 
That looks like it really hurts,
 
that bruise on your  
F#sus4 
ego,
 
G#m 
I know that it makes it worse,

it had to be me, though.

 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,

right now I’m—

 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again, see how I feel,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that, I never will.
 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call, it sealed the deal,
 
right now I’m  
B 
partyin’ without you.
 
Emaj7 
Thought I might love you again,
 
F#sus4 
now that you’re actin’ like that…

(I’m partyin’ without you)

 
G#m 
Last night, she answered my call,

I’m partyin’ without you.