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Stay Up Late

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[Verse 1]
I was Choping Fthat you'd stay
‘Cause Ctonight I wanna stay up Flate
I was hCoping Fthat you'd say
That you were Cfeeling lonely just like meF  
I'm still hoCping Fthat you're happy
‘Cause you know CI can barely stand up straigFht
I'm still hoCping tFhat I can be, everythCing that you would ask Fof me
[Pre-Chorus]
But am AmI
All wrong
Long gGone
Too far from your heaCrt
Last year was hFard
I fell apart
[Chorus]
CI know you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
CI know you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
C
CI've been missing how Fwe'd pretend
Cause Ctonight I really need a frieFnd
CWe pretended we wFere happy
Maybe Cwe can try and start iFt again
[Pre-Chorus]
But am AmI
All wrong
Long goGne
Too far from your heaCrt
Last year was hFard
I fell apart
[Chorus]
CI know you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
CI know you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
[Bridge]
AmOooCohF…C  
   AmI never thought that we'd end up like tChis
   But the cycling it makes me siFck
   It's a long shot and I can't tCell
   another coin in the wishing wAmellC  
   Another coin in a wishinFg wellC  
   AmHonestly if I'm being Chonest with myself
   I Fknow which way you fell
   You don't lFove me I can tell
[Chorus]
I kCnow you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
CI know you don't feel this way but
FI'll try to convince you so
AmIf it's lost
GOr if it's fate
FI hope you pick up this late
CI hope you pick up this late
I hope you pick up this late

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Stay Up Late

by This Wild Life

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Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning

No Capo

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[Verse 1]

C F

I was hoping that you'd stay

C F

‘Cause tonight I wanna stay up late

C F

I was hoping that you'd say

C F

That you were feeling lonely just like me

C F

I'm still hoping that you're happy

C F

‘Cause you know I can barely stand up straight

C F C F

I'm still hoping that I can be, everything that you would ask of me

[Pre-Chorus]

But am I

All wrong

Long gone

Too far from your heart

Last year was hard

I fell apart

[Chorus]

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

C F

I've been missing how we'd pretend

C F

Cause tonight I really need a friend

C F

We pretended we were happy

C F

Maybe we can try and start it again

[Pre-Chorus]

But am I

All wrong

Long gone

Too far from your heart

Last year was hard

I fell apart

[Chorus]

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

[Bridge]

Am C F C

Ooooh…

Am C

I never thought that we'd end up like this

But the cycling it makes me sick

It's a long shot and I can't tell

Am C

another coin in the wishing well

F C

Another coin in a wishing well

Am C

Honestly if I'm being honest with myself

I know which way you fell

You don't love me I can tell

[Chorus]

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

I know you don't feel this way but

I'll try to convince you so

If it's lost

Or if it's fate

I hope you pick up this late

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