🎶 Don’t Shut Me Down

Capo 3
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[Db]A while ago, I heard the sound of children's laughter
[D#]Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
[Bb]This wooden bench is gettin' harder by the hour
The [Cb]sun is goin' down, it's gettin' [Db]dark [D7]
I [A#]realise I'm cold, the [Cb]rain begins to pour
As I [A#m]watch the windows on the second [D#]floor
[Bb]The lights are on, it's time to go (ooh)
[Cb]It's time at last, to let him know [Bb] [Cb]

I be [Bb]lieve it would be fair to say [Cb]..."You look be [Db]wildered" [D#]
And you [Bb]wonder why I'm here today [Cb]...And so you should, I [Db]would
When I [A#]left I felt, I've had enough [Db]But, in the shape and [Bb]form I ap [Db]pear now [A#]
I have [Em]learned to cope, and [A#]love and hope is [Em]why I am [Db]here [E7]now

[Bbm]And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
[Ab]I'm fired up, don't shut me down
[A#m]I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm [D]fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me [Bbm]down [E7]
I'm [Bbm]not the one you knew I'm [D]now, and then combined
And I'm [Ab]askin' you to have an open [Cb]mind (And I [Bbm]won't be the same)
[Cb]I'm not the same this time ar [Bbm]ound (ooh)
[D]I'm fired up, don't shut me [Ab]down [A#m] [D]

Will you [A#m]leave me standin' in the hall? [D]...Or let me [Bbm]enter? [Ab]
The a [A#m]partment hasn't changed at all [D]...I've got to say, "I'm [Bbm]glad" [Ab]
Once these [Cb]rooms were witness to our love [Bbm]My tantrums and in [A#m]creasing frust [Bbm]ration [Cb]
But I [Db]go from mad, to [Cb]not so mad In [Db]my transfor [Bbm]mation [F#7]

[G#]And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
[Abm]I'm fired up, don't shut me down
[C]I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
I'm [F]fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me [G#]down [F#7]
I'm [G#]not the one you knew I'm [F]now, and then combined
And I'm [Abm]askin' you to have an open [D]mind (And I [G#]won't be the same)
[D]I'm not the same this time ar [G#]ound (ooh)
[F]I'm fired up, don't shut me [D]down

You [F]ask me not to leave Well, here I am again
And I [G#]love you still and so I won't [Abm]pretend
I have [D]learnt to cope, and [G#]love and hope is [D]why I am [F]here now [G#]⠀