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Kathleen Edwards - Scared At Night
## NOTE: The various Walk-Downs are indicated by Tildes(~) ##
CAPO: 1st Fret
INTRO:  C~ ~  G      F   C~ ~  G    F  
                  C~       Am  
As a child I would wake at night
     C~             ~         Am  
I was scared, but I kept real quiet
                           F~     Am  
Shadows on the walls moving in on me
                 C~                   Am  F  
And underneath my sheets I could barely breathe
                            C~       Am  
And your room was only just across a hall
                 C~           ~      Am  
All it would have taken was a single call
                                F~        Am  
And maybe sometimes we've got to trust ourselves
             C~          Am  F  
Not to scream out loud and run like hell
CHORUS:
BeDmlieve me, Amall the days you're unGsure
BeDmlieve in me, I don't Amwant to anymGore
And Dmin the dark, Ampicture me in your Gmind
And I'll Dmlay with you
         C~                G  
You don't ever be scared at night
INTERLUDE:  C~ ~  G      F   C~ ~  G  F  
                       C~        Am  
As a young man you were shooting rats
      C~                 ~        Am  
By accident, you hit the farmyard cat
                              F~             Am  
He ran for the fields and came back the next day
                     C~                       Am  F  
You had blown out his eye and you could see his brain
                                   C~         Am  
Your dad said, "Boy, there are some things in life
                 C~           ~       Am  
You don't want to do, but you know is right
                        F~          Am  
So take him out back and finish him off"
                    C~                Am  F  
You got your gun off the shelf, it only took one shot
CHORUS:
BeDmlieve me, Amall the days you're unGsure
BeDmlieve in me, I don't Amwant to anyGmore
And Dmin the dark, Ampicture me in your Gmind
And I'll Dmlay with you
            C~                G  
So you don't ever be scared at night
INTERLUDE:  C~ ~  G      F   C~ ~  G  F  
                              C~     Am  
And I flew to Winnipeg on your final day
                  C~       ~     Am  
They said that you waited 'til I came
                                   F~         Am  
We sang your favourite hymns and we held your hand
                              C~        F  
You took your final breath and that was that
                           C~     Am  
But I'd never seen a person die before
          C~           ~        Am  
I tried so hard not to cry, you know
                                   F~        Am  
'Cause maybe sometimes we've got to trust ourselves
         C~            Am  F  
That when you die you go someplace else
CHORUS:
BeDmlieve me, Amall the days you're unGsure
BeDmlieve in me, I don't Amwant to anyGmore
And Dmin the dark, Ampicture me in your Gmind
And I'll Dmlay with you
AmYou don't ever be Gscared at Dmnight
AmYou don't ever be Gscared at Dmnight
                 C             G   C~ ~  G      F   C~ ~  G   F~ C  
You don't ever be scared at night

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Scared At Night

by Kathleen Edwards

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Kathleen Edwards - Scared At Night

## NOTE: The various Walk-Downs are indicated by Tildes(~) ##

CAPO: 1st Fret

C G F C G F

INTRO: ~ ~ ~ ~

C Am

As a child I would wake at night

C Am

~ ~

I was scared, but I kept real quiet

F Am

Shadows on the walls moving in on me

C Am F

And underneath my sheets I could barely breathe

C Am

And your room was only just across a hall

C Am

~ ~

All it would have taken was a single call

F Am

And maybe sometimes we've got to trust ourselves

C Am F

Not to scream out loud and run like hell

CHORUS:

Dm Am G

Believe me, all the days you're unsure

Dm Am G

Believe in me, I don't want to anymore

Dm Am G

And in the dark, picture me in your mind

And I'll lay with you

C G

You don't ever be scared at night

C G F C G F

INTERLUDE: ~ ~ ~ ~

C Am

As a young man you were shooting rats

C Am

~ ~

By accident, you hit the farmyard cat

F Am

He ran for the fields and came back the next day

C Am F

You had blown out his eye and you could see his brain

C Am

Your dad said, "Boy, there are some things in life

C Am

~ ~

You don't want to do, but you know is right

F Am

So take him out back and finish him off"

C Am F

You got your gun off the shelf, it only took one shot

CHORUS:

Dm Am G

Believe me, all the days you're unsure

Dm Am G

Believe in me, I don't want to anymore

Dm Am G

And in the dark, picture me in your mind

And I'll lay with you

C G

So you don't ever be scared at night

C G F C G F

INTERLUDE: ~ ~ ~ ~

C Am

And I flew to Winnipeg on your final day

C Am

~ ~

They said that you waited 'til I came

F Am

We sang your favourite hymns and we held your hand

C F

You took your final breath and that was that

C Am

But I'd never seen a person die before

C Am

~ ~

I tried so hard not to cry, you know

F Am

'Cause maybe sometimes we've got to trust ourselves

C Am F

That when you die you go someplace else

CHORUS:

Dm Am G

Believe me, all the days you're unsure

Dm Am G

Believe in me, I don't want to anymore

Dm Am G

And in the dark, picture me in your mind

And I'll lay with you

Am G Dm

You don't ever be scared at night

Am G Dm

You don't ever be scared at night

C G C G F C G F C

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

You don't ever be scared at night

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