Don’t Shut Me Down

Intro:
Bb
  a while ago I heard the sound of children's laughter
Gm
  Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
Cm
  This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
    F                               Bb        F
The sun is going down, it's getting dark


Bb
  I realise I'm cold
F
  The rain begins to pour
    Bb                               Gm  
As I watch the windows on the second floor
Eb                                    Eb  Bb    F
  The lights are on, it's time to go -ohooo..-
F            Bb              Eb
It's time at last to let him know

Interlude: Cm Cm F F

Verse 1:
Cm                                F
I believe it would be fair to say
F            BB       Gm
 You look bewildered
        Cm                       Ab
And you wonder why I'm here today
    Eb               Bb
And so you should, I would
       Eb                Bb
When I left I'd had enough
Bb                   Cm       Eb
But in thе shape and form I ..appear now
       Ab
I have lеarned to cope
    Eb          Ab           Bb          G
And love and hope is why I am here now

Chorus:
C
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
Am
  I'm fired up, don't shut me down
Dm
  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
    G                                C     G
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down


    C
I'm not the one you knew
    G
I'm now and then combined
        Am                         F       C         F
And I'm asking you to have an open mind -I won’t be the same -
 F                                 C      G
I'm not the same this time around -ohooo..-
G         C              F
I'm fired up, don't shut me down

Verse 2: Dm Dm G G

Dm                                    G
Will you leave me standing in the hall
G         C      Am
Or let me enter?
    Dm                            Bb
The apartment hasn't changed at all
   F             C
I got to say I'm glad


           F
Once these rooms were witness to our love
C                    Dm        F
  My tantrums and increasing.. frustration
      Bb
But I go from mad
   F          Bb         C         A7
To not so bad in my transformation

Chorus:
D
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
Bm
  I'm fired up, don't shut me down
Em
  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
    A                                D     A
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down


   D
I'm not the one you knew -Im not the one you knew-
    A
I'm now and then combined
Bm                                 G       D        G
And I'm asking you to have an open mind -I won’t be the same -
G                                  G    D
I'm not the same this time around -ohhooo...-
A            D           G
I'm fired up, don't shut me down


    D
You asked me not to leave
      A
Well, here I am again
      D                               Bm
And I love you still and so I won't pretend

Outro:
      G
I have learned to cope
   D                G          A
And love and hope is why I am here now