INTRO:    |  A5 - E5 - F#5 - E5   |  B5      |  A5 - E5 - B5 -- B5  |  E5 
 
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What do you say when it's over? 
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Don't know if I should say anything at all. 
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One day we're rollin' in the clover, 
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Next thing you know we take the fall. 
 

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Still I think about the years since I first met you, 
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And the way it might have been without you here. 
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I don't know if words from me can still upset you, 
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But I've just got to make this memory stand clear. 
 

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        I know I'm leav-in'  he-re a better man, 
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        For know-in' you this way. 
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        Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. 
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        And I'm leav-in' here a better man.  
 
REPEAT INTRO:  
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Guess I always knew I couldn't hold you, 

But I'd never be the one to set you free. 

Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you, 

You still believe in some old meant-to-be's. 
 
        Still I'm leav-in' here a better man, 

        For know-in' you this way. 

        Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can. 

        And I'm leav-in' here a better man. 
 
        Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man, 

        For know-in' you this way. 

        Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can. 

        And I'm leav-in' here a better man. 
 
BREAK:
   |  A5 E5 F#5 E5   |  B5 
 
                  |  A5 - E5 - B5   -  B5       |  E5        |  E5

stop 
        Yes, I'm leav-in' here a better man.