Chords with lyrics
Verse:
AbAb
I stick with real things
AbAb
Usually facts and figures
AbAb
When information's in its place
G minorGm
I minimize the guessing game
G minorGm
Guess what? (what)
GbGb
I don't like guessing games
GbGb
Or when I feel things
GbGb
Before I know the feelings
GbGb
How am I supposed to operate
F minorFm
If I'm just tossed around by fate?
F minorFm
Like on an unexpected date?
EbmEbm
The stranger who might talk too fast
AbAb
Or ask me questions about myself
DbDb
Before I've decided that
GbGb
He can ask me questions about myself
EbmEbm
He might sit too close
AbAb
Or call the waiter by his first name
DbDb
Or eat Oreos
GbGb
But eat the cookie before the cream?
EbmEbm
But what scares me the most
F7F7
what scares me the most
Verse:
Bb majorBb
Is what if when he sees me, what if he doesn't like it?
What if he runs the other way and I
Eb MajorEb
can't hide from it?
What happens then?
Bb majorBb
If when he knows me, he's only disappointed?
What if I give myself away, to only get
Eb MajorEb
it given back?
DbDb
I couldn't live with that
FF
So, I'm just fine, inside my
G minorGm
shell-shaped mind
FF Eb MajorEb DmDm C minorCm
This way I get the best view
EbmEbm AbAb
So, when he sees me, I want him to
Verse:
(Dawn, don't you think you're being a little,
I mean maybe just a tad…)
AbAb
I'm not defensive
AbAb
I'm simply being cautious
AbAb
I can't risk reckless dating
AbAb
Due to my miscalculating
G minorGm GbGb
While a certain suitor stands in line
I've seen in movies
GbGb
Most made for television
GbGb
You cannot be too careful
F minorFm
When it comes to sharing your life
I could end up a miserable wife
Sorry girls
EbmEbm
But he could be criminal, some sort of
AbAb
psychopath who escaped from an institution,
DbDb
somewhere where they don't have girls
GbGb
He could have masterminded some way to find me
EbmEbm
He could be colorblind!
AbAb
How untrustworthy is that
DbDb
He could be less than kind
GbGb
Or even worse he could be very nice,
Ebm*
have lovely eyes
Gb7* B*
And make me laugh, come out of hiding
F7*
What do I do with that?
Verse:
Bb majorBb
Oh God, what if when he sees me
I like him and he knows it?
What if he opens up a door
Eb MajorEb
And I can't close it?
What happens then?
Bb majorBb
If when he holds me
My heart is set in motion
I'm not prepared for that
Eb MajorEb
I'm scared of breaking open
But still I can't help from hoping
Gm7* Eb*
To find someone to talk to
FF Cm*
Who likes the way I am
Eb MajorEb
Someone who when he sees me
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Wants to again