Chords for Billy Crockett - The Basic Stuff - 11 The Day I Gave My Heart Away

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_ _ [E] _ A [Am] child grows up [Em] and learns to hide
[Am] _ _ [Dm] To keep his [E] heart [A] together
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[D] _ _ _ [A] From [Dm] early on [D] he tries to [Am] mold
[Dm] A face [G] that lasts [Em] _ _ [Bm] forever
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[E] A [A] pair of [Am] eyes that let the boy [F] look out
[G] But won't let you [C] look in
[G] He is [Am] collecting words [D] that he can use
[G] So he [D] can always [G] win
A _ frightened _
[C] heart that stays at [G] home
That smiles a lot but lives [E] alone
A little [Am] boy with [D] grown up [G] ways [C] of faith
To [F] give his [G] _ [C] heart away _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] That [Dm] little boy [D] with man [Em]-sized [Am] greed
[Dm] Who held [G] his heart so [Em] tight
[Am] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [A] Was sure [Dm] that if [Em] he let it [Am] go
[Dm] He'd lose [Em] it _ overnight
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[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] So there he was in his [Am] own world
[G] The one he built himself
[C] Made sure [Am] the doors were locked
[D] The curtains drawn
[G] His [C] heart [G] upon a shelf
A frightened [C] _ heart that stays at home
That smiles a lot but lives [E] alone
A little [Am] boy [D] with grown [G] up ways [C] of faith
[F] To give [G] his [C] heart away _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] One night [D] he sat [G] up [Em] in the [Am] dark
[Dm] Cause he couldn't sleep
[Em] _ And [D] wondered if he'd [Em] die [A] alone
[Dm] With nothing fit to [Bm] keep _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [Em] To [Am] his darkest, darkest [C] there
[G] Without a soul [Dm] to see
_ _ [Am] Someone came and [F] something [G] changed
The eye became [Dm] a wheel
[Am] _ The little boy [F] was not [G] alone
The grown up shed his [F] skin
[Am] The frightened heart was [D] not so scared
[G] Because someone _ came in
_ _ _ He took [C] my heart for his own [G] home
And let me know I'm not [E] alone
My life [Am] was changed
[D] I'm glad to [G] say
The [C] day I [F] gave my [G] heart [C] away
_ _ [G] _ He took [C] my heart for his [G] own home
And let me [C] know I'm not [E] alone
He came [Am] at once [D] and came [G] to stay
[C] The day [F] I gave my [Gm] _ heart [C] away _ _
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