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[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
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Small town, just north of the city,
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There's a girl all alone by the window in need and she,
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She's thinking that this worlds too much to take
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It could use one less heart to break
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She stares down at the world below
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Fools herself to thinking she should just let go, I know
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I wish she knew she wasn't so alone
[PRE-CHORUS]
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She left us a letter to outline the facts
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How she felt so alone like the world turned their backs
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Her parents don't notice she's slipping away
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She'd still be around if she just heard them say
[CHORUS]
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It's the ups and downs of living life this way
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Promise me you'll never go away
E
Just stay with me through one more night
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Because it's always darkest before the light
E B G#m B
And now I promise you I'll never turn away
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I won't let you give us one less heart to break
[VERSE 2]
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Flash back to early that year
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Between his home life and school he wished he'd just disappear, I know
E B
He's thinking that this worlds too much to take
G#m B
It could use one less heart to break
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Whole world coming down on his back
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He takes a bottle of pills and then he's finished with that, I know
E B G#m B
I wish he knew he wasn't so alone
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#
He left us a letter to outline the facts
E
How he felt so alone like the world turned their backs
F#
His parents don't notice he's slipping away
E
He'd still be around if he just heard them say
[CHORUS]
E B G#m B
It's the ups and downs of living life this way
E B G#m B
Promise me you'll never go away
E
Just stay with me through one more night
B G#m B
Because it's always darkest before the light
E B G#m B
And now I promise you I'll never turn away
E B G#m B
I won't let you give us one less heart to break
E B G#m B
[CHORUS]
E B G#m B
It's the ups and downs of living life this way
E B G#m B
Promise me you'll never go away
E
Just stay with me through one more night
B G#m B
Because it's always darkest before the light
E B G#m B
And now I promise you I'll never turn away
E B
I won't let you give us one less heart to break