Key: D major
Verse 1
I've been plagued by fears.
Fears that I wrongly supposed
I was powerless to allay.
But then, I sensed an inner bravado
that swelled up in the recesses of my being.
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D
I became aware of my strength
Bm
B
and I was able to conquer
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D
even my darkest trepidations.
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G
A
Mom, can you turn on the night light?
D
F#m
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Bb
It's a little dark in here.
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D
F#
I walked alone to my
G
A
best friend's house
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B
A
last Wednesday at a quarter to three.
D
F#
It's not very far,
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it's just through the alley
D
Bb
A
and across from the sycamore tree.
G
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I guess I was afraid to do it,
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F#m
D
F
I walked alone to my best
Em
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friend's house.
F#
D
He walked alone to his
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F#
Yes I did. alone to his
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F#
G
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D
I took a swim in the deep end of a pool
B
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just yesterday night
D
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I swam and swam till my skin got to
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D
Bb
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looking all wrinkly and white
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A
I guess I was afraid to do it
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D
F
Em
I took a swim in the deep end of a pool
D
F#
G
He took a swim in the deep end
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D
F#
G
He took a swim in the deep
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end of the pool
He cried
Oh yeah
G
B
I never knew how much fun it could be
He tried
Em
D
When my mother needed
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G
A
pickles for potato salad,
D
Bm
A
I walked to the store by myself
D
F#
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All I did was ask where they were,
D
Bb
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and a man brought them down from the shelf
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I guess I was afraid to do it,
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F
to buy pickles for potato salad
Em
D
for my mother all by myself
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G
For pickles, for potatoes, salad
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D
F#
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His mother's cooking is real good
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B
Be fore I did it, I was oh so scared
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I never knew how easy it was
As a matter of fact
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I really, really tried
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G
I walked alone to my be
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F#m
F#
I took a swim in the
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A
deep end of the pool,
D
F#
G
A
I bought pickles for potato salad,
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A
all by myself.
D
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