Don't Shut Me Down
Key: F#Capo 3English
Intro
Am D (x2)
Verse
GA while ago I heard the sound of children's laughter
EmNow it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
AmThis wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
The Dsun is going down, it's Ggetting D/F#dark
I Grealise I'm cold
D/F#The rain begins to pour
As I Gwatch the windows on the second Emfloor
CThe lights are on, it's time to Ggo
DIt's time at Glast to let him C/Eknow
Instrumental
Am D
Verse
I Ambelieve it would be fair to say
DYou look beGwildered Em
And you Amwonder why I'm here toFday
And C/Eso you should, I Gwould
When I Cleft I'd had enough
G/BBut in the shape and Amform I …Gappear C/Gnow
I have Flearned to cope
And C/Elove and hope is Fwhy I am Ghere Enow
Chorus
AAnd now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
F#mI'm fired up, don't shut me down
BmI'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm Efired up, I'm hot, don't shut me Adown E
I'm Anot the one you knew
I'm E/G#now and then combined
And I'm F#masking you to have an open Dmind
DI'm not the same this time aA/C#round
EI'm fired Aup, don't shut me D/F#down
Instrumental
Bm E
Verse
BmWill you leave me standing in the hall E
EOr let me Aenter? F#m
The Bmapartment hasn't changed at all G
I Dgot to say I'm Aglad
Once these Drooms were witness to our love
A/C#My tantrums and Bmincreasing frusAtration D/A
But I Ggo from mad
To D/F#not so bad in Gmy transforAmation … F#7
Chorus
BAnd now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
G#mI'm fired up, don't shut me down
C#mI'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm F#fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me Bdown F#
I'm Bnot the one you knew (I'm not the one you knew)
I'm F#now and then combined
And I'm G#masking you to have an open Emind now
EI'm not the same this time around B
F#I'm fired up, don't shut me Edown
Verse
You F#asked me not to leave
Well, F#here I am again
And I Blove you still and so I won't G#mpretend
I have Elearned to cope
And Blove and hope is Ewhy I am F#here now …