Performance chords by The xx

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Verse 1
Am 
Em 
G 
Em 
Am 
If I   scream
at the top of my lungs
G 
Will you hear what I don't say?
Am 
Dm 
If  I dance like I'm on a stage
F 
G 
Will you see I seem out of place?
Am 
If I put on a disguise
G 
Will you think everything's alright?
Am 
Dm 
If I leave before the end
F 
G 
Will you forget that I was there?

Verse 2
Am 
When you saw me leaving
Em 
Did you think I had a place to go?
G 
Dm 
Since you stopped believing
F 
Em 
I've had to put on my own show
G 

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Verse 3
Am 
Em 
Am 
I'll put on a   performance
Em 
I'll put on a show
Dm 
It is a performance
F 
G 
I do it all so
Em 
Am 
You won't see my hurting
Em 
When my heart it breaks
Dm 
I'll put on a performance
F 
I'll put on a brave face
G 

Verse 4
Am 
Even when I was hurting
G 
You could always find me
Dm 
Now you've stopped looking for me
F 
G 
Am 
But I'm still playing hide and seek
Dm 
G 
I want you to notice
But you just don't see
Dm 
The show is wasted on you
F 
G 
So I perform for me

Verse 5

When you saw me leaving

Did you think I had a place to go?

Since you stopped believing

I've had to put on my own

Interlude 1

show

Verse 6
G 
Am 
I'll put on a performance
Em 
G 
I'll put on a show
Em 
G 
Dm 
It is a performance
F 
I do it all so
G 
Am 
You won't see my hurting
Em 
G 
When my heart it breaks
Dm 
I'll put on a performance
F 
I'll put on a brave face
G 