Scared At Night

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As a child I would wake at night
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I was scared, but I kept real quiet
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Shadows on the walls moving in on me
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And underneath my sheets I could 
Am     F
barely breathe


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And your room was only just across a
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 hall
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All it would have taken was a single
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 call
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And maybe sometimes we've got to 
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trust ourselves
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Not to scream out loud and run like 
hell


CHORUS:
  Dm        Am                
Believe me, all the days you're 
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unsure
  Dm                   Am    
Believe in me, I don't want to 
      G
anymore
    Dm           Am               
And in the dark, picture me in 
  G
your mind
         Dm
And I'll lay with you
C         ~       G
You don't ever be scared at night


INTERLUDE: C ~ ~ G F    C ~ ~ G F


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C                       ~        
As a young man you were shooting 
Am
rats
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By accident, you hit the farmyard 
Am
cat
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He ran for the fields and came back 
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the next day
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You had blown out his eye and you 
      Am      F
could see his brain


     C                             
Your dad said, "Boy, there are some
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 things in life
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You don't want to do, but you know 
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is right
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So take him out back and finish him 
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off"
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You got your gun off the shelf, it 
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only took one shot


CHORUS:
  Dm        Am                
Believe me, all the days you're 
    G
unsure
  Dm                   Am    
Believe in me, I don't want to 
     G
anymore
    Dm           Am               
And in the dark, picture me in 
  G
your mind
         Dm
And I'll lay with you
   C         ~       G
So you don't ever be scared at night


INTERLUDE: C ~ ~ G F    C ~ ~ G F


      C                        ~    
And I flew to Winnipeg on your final
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 day
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They said that you waited 'til I 
Am
came
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We sang your favourite hymns and we
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 held your hand
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You took your final breath and that 
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was that


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But I'd never seen a person die 
  Am
before
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I tried so hard not to cry, you know
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'Cause maybe sometimes we've got to
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 trust ourselves
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That when you die you go someplace 
else


CHORUS:
  Dm        Am                
Believe me, all the days you're 
    G
unsure
  Dm                   Am    
Believe in me, I don't want to 
     G
anymore
    Dm           Am               
And in the dark, picture me in 
  G
your mind
         Dm
And I'll lay with you
Am                G         Dm
You don't ever be scared at night
Am                G         Dm
You don't ever be scared at night
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You don't ever be scared at night
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