Don’t shut me down    (video)

 

G

    A while ago I heard the sound of children's laughter,

     Em

    now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park,

    Am

    this wooden bench is getting harder by the hour,

            D                                             G     - D

    the sun is going down, it's getting dark.

        G                             D

    I realise I'm cold, the rain begins to pour,

              G                                                   Em

    as I watch the windows on the second floor.

C                                                 C   - G - D

     The lights are on, it's time to go,

                      G                        C

    it's time at last to let him know !                +  Am - D - D7

 

           Am                                     - D                      G           - Em

1. I believe it would be fair to say        you look bewildered,

                    Am                                     - F        C                          G

    and you wonder why I'm here today,     and so you should, I would.

                  C                          - G                                   Am           C

    When I left I'd had enough,     but in thе shape and form I appear now,

                  F                             C                             F          G              - E

    I have lеarned to cope, and love and hope is why I am here now.

 

A

    And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah,

F#m

    I'm fired up, don't shut me down.

Bm

    I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded,

       E                                                A       - E

I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down.

        A                                        E

I'm not the one you knew, I'm now and then combined,

             F#m                                         D         A                 D

and I'm asking you to have an open mind (I won’t be the same )

                                                        - D - A - E

I'm not the same this time around,

               A                           D

I'm fired up, don't shut me down !

 

(orig. moves up a full note to capo 5th here)       +  Am - D - D7

 

                  Am                                          - D                 G          - Em

2. Will you leave me standing in the hall,       or let me enter ?

               Am                                           - F      C                    G

    The apartment hasn't changed at all,       I got to say I'm glad.

                         C

    Once these rooms were witness to our love,

G                                    Am              C

     my tantrums and increasing frustration,

             F                        C                    F                G        - E

    but I go from mad to not so bad in my transformation.

 

A

    And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah,

F#m

    I'm fired up, don't shut me down.

Bm

    I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded,

       E                                                A       - E

I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down.

        A                                        E

I'm not the one you knew, I'm now and then combined,

             F#m                                         D         A                 D

and I'm asking you to have an open mind (I won’t be the same )

                                                        - D - A - E

I'm not the same this time around,

               A                           D

I'm fired up, don't shut me down !

 

             A                                            E

+  You asked me not to leave, well, here I am again,

                A                                            F#m

    and I love you still and so I won't pretend. - - -

                 D                              A                            D           E

    I have learned to cope, and love and hope is why I am here now.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Abba)