Capo 4 

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I spent all of Christmas Eve fake angry at you for  
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Who knows what now or then and you spoke so fast  
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I just sat back relaxed and took you all in  

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I spent all of Christmas Eve trying to get warmer 
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After standing outside for hours knowing at this point   
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I’d be lucky to get any sleep  

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And I’ll toss and turn until the early morning  
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Happily ignoring that my blue jeans  
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Didn’t do a fucking thing for me  
Against this cold  

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Sober or not, I locked everything you sent me  
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Cause what’s better than seeing 
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What I’m missing daily  
I guess what I’m trying to say is that  

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You might run, oh but I won’t hide 
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Shed an ounce of light  
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On my half-hopeless life  
Don’t let me go back  

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And though I’d like to say more 
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I guess, I’ll just duck and cover 
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Almost praying that you trip over 
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The cluster of words I laid out before having to leave  

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But since you’ve taken the time to read so carefully  
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Everything I’ve ever sent  
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I guess I’ll spend the next few lines  
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Hoping and wishing  
Yet thanking appropriately  

E   E     E           A A     A 
You might run, oh but I won’t hide 
        E     E  E 
Shed an ounce of light  
           A   A    A 
On my half-hopeless life  
Don’t let me go back  

E   E     E           A A     A 
You might run, oh but I won’t hide 
        E     E  E 
Shed an ounce of light  
           A   A    A 
On my half-hopeless life  
Don’t let me go back  

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To Erin: Please read later 
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Cause I don’t think I have the heart  
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To let you read this now 
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But if I had the heart  
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You know that I know better 
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This isn’t how you say aloud, you say aloud     x2  

E   E     E           A A     A 
You might run, oh but I won’t hide 
        E     E  E 
Shed an ounce of light  
           A   A    A 
On my half-hopeless life  
Don’t let me go back      (Guitar 2 Plays this during the second loop of the previous verse, To Erin…) 


“Don’t let me go back”