Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
D MajorD
If I see my old friends, we'll go out dancing
F# minorF#m
If we go out dancing, then we'??ll go to the bar
E MajorE
If we go to the bar, then there's gonna be drinking
E MajorE 
C# minorC#m
If I drink, I wanna see where you are
D MajorD
So I don't see my old friends, I donâ?'t go dancing
F# minorF#m
I don't do most things I used to do
E MajorE
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it
C# minorC#m
I did most things to get to you
Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Stay away, stay stay away
E MajorE
Stay away, stay stay away
Verse 2:
D MajorD
If I go driving then I'll put on music
F# minorF#m
If I put on music then I'll play your song
E MajorE
If I play your song then I think I'll lose it
E MajorE C# minorC#m
End up pulled up at the front of your lawn
D MajorD
So I don't go driving, no, I just stay in
F# minorF#m
I don'??t do most things I used to do
E MajorE
Cause every moment is a fork in the road
E MajorE C# minorC#m
And all my roads lead back to you (You, you)
Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Stay away, stay stay away
E MajorE
Stay away, stay stay away
Bridge:
D MajorD
If I turn off the light then I might start thinking
F# minorF#m
If I start thinking, I'??ll think of the time when
E MajorE
You said that you loved me, you said I was perfect
E MajorE
You said you were sorry, you said you were selfish
D MajorD
If I don't stop it, before I know it
F# minorF#m
All the bad things never happened
E MajorE
You never lied or treated me bad and
E MajorE
If you did then you'll wish you hadn't
D MajorD
Start believing you were right and
F# minorF#m
I was being too dramatic
E MajorE
So I gotta leave the light on
E MajorE
For tonight
N.C.
Just so I can stay away
Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
D MajorD
Any little misstep
F# minorF#m
I'll be at your doorstep
E MajorE
Talking 'bout forgiveness
E MajorE
Giving you my heart back
D MajorD
Just so you can break it
F# minorF#m E MajorE
One more time before I say
E MajorE
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Stay away, stay stay away
E MajorE
Stay away, stay stay away
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Stay away, stay stay away
E MajorE
Stay away, stay stay away
