Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Abm
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Ebsus4
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Verse 1
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I'm leaving by night,
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I'm leaving alone
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Leaving it lie, when you waken I'll be gone
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I would not beg for me as I
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would not beg for you
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Though I'd like to be the one
to see you through
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Verse 2
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Every step you have take disap
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pears with the tide
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You're torn up and shaken
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with changing your mind
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You haven't got the grace to say
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you'll finally decide
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And you haven't got the strength
Verse 3
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Those people who surround you
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Only want to see you weak
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They'll lie for you, decide for you
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And buy up all your rights and all
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your wrongs
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And they'll try to stop your singing
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In the middle of your song
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But only drag you down in the
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Verse 4
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They say you are foolish
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for wanting the sun
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They call you selfish for
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learning to run
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They'll tell you that the dark
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You never have to notice if you're
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sighted or you're blind
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And they'll do their best to keep you from
Interlude 1
the light
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Verse 5
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You're more than beginning,
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you're learning to fly
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Feels like you're falling,
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but it passes in time
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And I hate to see a friend go down
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in flames without a song
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Verse 6
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I'm leaving by night,
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I'm leaving alone
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Leaving you lie. When you waken I'll be gone
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I would not beg for me as
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I will not beg for you
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But I'd like to be the one to see you through
Outro 1
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ChordsEb Db Ab B Abm...
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