Scared At Night chords by Kathleen Edwards

CAPO: 1st fret

Intro: C ~ ~ G F    C ~ ~ G F

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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 barely breathe


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

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


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


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


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



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


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


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


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But I'd never seen a person die 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 trust ourselves
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That when you die you go someplace else



  Dm        Am                    G
Believe me, all the days you're unsure
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Believe in me, I don't want to anymore
    Dm           Am                 G
And in the dark, picture me in 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