Intro 1
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F
C
Cm
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Cm
Verse 1
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Leave
D
the children asleep
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D
C
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And me, I'm the pillow
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Well, the hours you keep
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I used to understand,
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C
B
but now I don't know
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And then you close the front
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Bm
door quietly
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G
The only time you talk to me
D
Is when you're talking you're asleep
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Csus2
Leave the children asleep
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Csus2
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D
Csus2
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D
Leave the children asleep
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I can remember when the world
D
C
was just a playground
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D
But those times didn't keep,
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and it seems that I'm a toy
D
that you don't need
Csus2
B
C
And now, you never tell
G
me where you're going,
Bm
or just who you mean
C
G
I could never manage to compete
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C
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Leave the children asleep
Csus2
D
Csus2
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Csus2
D
Csus2
C
Well, don't wake them by screaming
Cm
C
G
Please leave them both dreaming
C
Of a world where their mothers
Cm
G
D
don't run off with lovers
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D
Hey Jimmy, it's me
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Well, I wonder if you could
D
C
manage to come over
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D
Some things happen round here,
C
and it's something that you really
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ought to know about.
B
C
But make sure you close
the front door
G
quietly,
Bm
as you let yourself in.
C
By the way,
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D
we'll never disturb their dreams
C
G
Csus2
D
Csus2
May the children sleep
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Csus2
D
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Csus2
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