Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
D
A
Am
E
D
A
Am
E
Verse 1
D
A
I'm leaving by night,
C
E
I'm leaving alone
D
A
C
Am
E
Leaving it lie, when you waken I'll be gone
D
A
I would not beg for me as I
E
D
would not beg for you
A
C
Though I'd like to be the one
Verse 2
D
A
Every step you have take
E
D
A
You're torn up and shaken
C
Am
E
with changing your mind
D
A
You haven't got the grace to say
E
D
you'll finally decide
A
C
And you haven't got the strength
Am
E
to stay to fight
Verse 3
A
C
Only want to see you weak
Am
E
enough to crawl
A
C
And buy up all your rights
E
D
A
And they'll try to stop your singing
C
E
In the middle of your song
D
E
And they will not make you strong
D
A
Am
But only drag you down in the hole
Verse 4
D
A
They say you are foolish
C
E
D
for wanting the sun
A
C
They call you selfish for
Am
E
learning to run
D
A
They'll tell you that the dark
D
A
You never have to notice if you're
E
D
sighted or you're blind
A
C
E
And they'll do their best to keep you from the light
A
C
Am
Interlude 1
E
Esus4
D
A
Am
E
Verse 5
A
C
E
you're learning to fly
D
A
Feels like you're falling,
C
E
but it passes in time
A
D
A
And I hate to see a friend go down
C
E
I will not linger long
Verse 6
D
A
I'm leaving by night,
Am
E
I'm leaving alone
D
A
Am
E
Leaving you lie. When you waken I'll be gone
D
A
I would not beg for me as I
D
A
C
But I'd like to be the one to see you through
Outro 1
E
D
A
Am
E
A
D
A
Am
E
D
E
A
C
E
Esus4
E
Bbm
D#m
D#m
D#m
D#
D#m
Bbm
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ChordsE D A Am C...
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