She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To chords by Lyle Lovett

Capo I

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Thank you my friend,
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I sincerely appreciate the words you say,

About how she'll cry,
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And how she'll grieve and miss me when she goes away,
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Say them again,

I need to hear the words once more,
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I can't believe,

How she'll miss me when she's gone,
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And how she'll want to come back home and never leave.

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But she's leaving me
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Because she really wants to,
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And she'll be happy when she's gone,
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She'll be happy, she'll be so very happy,
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She'll dance and sing and even learn to fly and spend her time with anyone but me.


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What's that you say?
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That I'll get over her the more that time goes by,

But time goes so slow,
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When all I have to do is sit around and cry.
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No, she won't be back,
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I'd be a fool to try and fool myself that way.

I know she hasn't one regret,
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Because she hasn't had one since the day she came to stay.


          D       A
But she's leaving me
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Because she really wants to,
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And she'll be happy when she's gone,
A                             D
She'll be happy, she'll be so very happy,
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She'll dance and sing and even learn to fly and spend her time with anyone but me.

A                          D
She'll be happy when she's gone
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She'll be happy when she's gone
A                          D
She'll be happy when she's gone
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