Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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While she lays sleeping
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I stay out late at night and play my songs
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And sometimes all the nights can be so long
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Em
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And it's good when I finally make it home,
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all alone
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While she lays dreaming
Verse 2
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I try to get undressed without the light
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And quietly she says,
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"How was your night?"
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And I come to her and say
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"It was all right,
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" and I hold her tight
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And she be
Verse 3
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lieves in me
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I'll never know just what she sees in me
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Em
I told her someday if she was my girl
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Em
I could change the world
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Dsus4
With my little songs, I was wrong
Verse 4
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But she has faith in me
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F#dim
And so I go on trying faithfully
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And who knows maybe on
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some special night
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C#dim
If my song is right
I will find a way
Am
Find a way
Verse 5
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While she lays waiting
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I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
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D
Bm
Then I see my old guitar in the night
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Just waiting for me like
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a secret friend
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And there's no end
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Dsus4
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while she lays crying
Verse 6
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I fumble with a melody or two
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Am
And I'm torn between
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D
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the things that I should do
Em
And she says to wake her up
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when I am through
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Dsus4
God, her love is true
Verse 7
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And she believes in me
I'll never know just what
F#dim
Am
she sees in me
B
I told her someday if she
Em
was my girl
I could change the world
Am
Dsus4
With my little songs, I was wrong
Verse 8
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But she has faith in me
F#dim
B
And so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on
Em
some spe cial night
C#dim
If my song is right
Am
Dsus4
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I will find a way
Dsus4
While she
Verse 9
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waits
While she waits
For me
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