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[Verse 1]
Am                                
  You asked me to be yours, well, 
    G            F
you're tempting fate
                              G    
How I left a promise but it's one I
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 can't make
Lord knows it'd kill me if you 
G         F
walked away
But darling, my lies, they hide you 
          F
from the pain


[Chorus 1]
F                          Am     
Stay, let me explain why I act so 
G
mean
                                Am 
Don't look away, baby, it's not all
         F
 that it seems
I'm so afraid that you'll just get 
Am      G
up and leave
                 Am         
My heart will break like I'm 
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seventeen


[Verse 2]
Am                                
  You're not the first one to 
              G            F
leave me and you won't be the last
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                                 G 
It just doesn't heave me like it 
          Am
did in the past
                         G         
I will never be seen to act like 
   F
you act
To take someone easy and leave it at
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 that


[Chorus 2]
F                          Am     
Stay, let me explain why I act so 
G
mean
                                Am 
Don't look away, baby, it's not all
         F
 that it seems
I'm so afraid that you'll just get 
Am      G
up and leave
                 Am         
My heart will break like I'm 
       F
seventeen
   Am                F
Break like I'm seventeen


[Bridge]
A                          F     
  I say less than I should,  I 
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say more than I mean
I would try if I could, but I'm all 
       A
I can be
                      F            
If I had more I would   change the 
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cover, you see
I have walls that have stood before 
               A   G F
you ever loved me
                      A   G F
Before you ever loved me


[Chorus 3]
F                          Am     
Stay, let me explain why I act so 
G
mean
                                Am 
Don't look away, baby, it's not all
         F
 that it seems
I'm so afraid that you'll just get 
Am      G
up and leave
                 Am     F
My heart will break

F                          Am     
Stay, let me explain why I act so 
G
mean
                                Am 
Don't look away, baby, it's not all
         F
 that it seems
I'm so afraid that you'll just get 
Am      G
up and leave
                 Am         
My heart will break like I'm 
       F
seventeen
        Am                F
I'll break like I'm seventeen
           Am              F     
It will break like I'm seventeen
Am     F