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Dear Evan Hansen - Words Fail

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[Verse]
GI never meant to make it such a Fmess
GI never thought that it would Cgo this far
GSo I just Cstand here Cmsorry
GSearching for Asomething to say
CSomething to say
Words faCil, Dwords faGilC  
CThere's nothing DI can sGay
[Instrumental]
G    C
G    C
[Verse]
GI guess I thought I could be Cpart of this
GI never had this kind of tChing before
GI never had Cthat Cmperfect girl
GWho sAomehow could see the Cgood part of me
[Verse]
GI never had the dad who Cstuck it out
GNo corny jokes or baCseball gloves
GNo mom who Cjust was Cmthere
G'Cause mom was all Athat she had to Dbe
[Pre-Chorus]
EmThat's not a worthy Cexplanation
GI know there is Dnone
EmNothing can make Bmsense of all these Amthings I've DdoneAm  
[Chorus]
GWords faCil, Dwords faGil
CThere's Fnothing I can say
Except Gsometimes, you see Ceverything you wanted
FAnd Gsometimes, you see Ceverything you wish you had
FAnd it's right there, Gright there, Amright Gthere
In Cfront of you
And you wFant to belCieve it's true
So you... Fmake it true
And yGou Cthink maybe everyFbody wants it
FAnd needs it
Ca little bit
Ftoo
[Instrumental]
Fm  Bb  F  Bb  Db C  G
Bb
[Bridge]
DmThis was just a sBbad invention
FIt wasn't real, I Cknow
DmBut we were happy
AmI guess I couldn't Bblet that go
I guess I couldn't Fgive that up
I guess I wanted to belDmieve
'Cause if I just belCieve
Then I don't have to Bbsee what's Creally Dmthere
No, I'd rather Dmpretend I'm something better than
These Bbbroken parts
FPretend I'm something other than
This Cmess that I am
'Cause then DmI don't have to look at it
And Bbno one gets to look at it
FNo, no one can Bbreally Csee
[Chorus]
'Cause AmI've learned to sFlam on the brakGe
CBefore I Feven Gturn the key
AmBefore I Fmake the Gmistake
CBefore I Flead with the Amworst of Gme
CI never let them Fsee the Amworst of Gme
[Outro]
  C    F     G'Cause what if everyone saw?
  F    C    GWhat if everyone knew?
  C    F    GWould they like what they saw?
  F     COr would Fthey hate it Gtoo?
DmWill I just keep on Grunning away Cfrom what's Ftrue?
CAll I ever Dmdo is Frun
So how do DmI step Fin
Step into the CsuDmn?F  C  Dm  F  
Step into the CsuDmnF  C  Dm  F  
C Dm F
C Dm F

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Dear Evan Hansen - Words Fail

by Misc Musicals

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[Verse]

G F

I never meant to make it such a mess

G C

I never thought that it would go this far

G C Cm

So I just stand here sorry

G A

Searching for something to say

Something to say

C D G C

Words fail, words fail

C D G

There's nothing I can say

[Instrumental]

G C

[Verse]

G C

I guess I thought I could be part of this

G C

I never had this kind of thing before

G C Cm

I never had that perfect girl

G A C

Who somehow could see the good part of me

[Verse]

G C

I never had the dad who stuck it out

G C

No corny jokes or baseball gloves

G C Cm

No mom who just was there

G A D

'Cause mom was all that she had to be

[Pre-Chorus]

Em C

That's not a worthy explanation

G D

I know there is none

Em Bm Am D Am

Nothing can make sense of all these things I've done

[Chorus]

G C D G

Words fail, words fail

C F

There's nothing I can say

G C

Except sometimes, you see everything you wanted

F G C

And sometimes, you see everything you wish you had

F G Am G

And it's right there, right there, right there

In front of you

F C

And you want to believe it's true

So you... make it true

G C F

And you think maybe everybody wants it

And needs it

a little bit

too

[Instrumental]

Fm Bb F Bb Db C G

[Bridge]

Dm Bb

This was just a sad invention

F C

It wasn't real, I know

But we were happy

Am Bb

I guess I couldn't let that go

I guess I couldn't give that up

I guess I wanted to believe

'Cause if I just believe

Bb C Dm

Then I don't have to see what's really there

No, I'd rather pretend I'm something better than

These broken parts

Pretend I'm something other than

This mess that I am

'Cause then I don't have to look at it

And no one gets to look at it

F Bb C

No, no one can really see

[Chorus]

Am F G

'Cause I've learned to slam on the brake

C F G

Before I even turn the key

Am F G

Before I make the mistake

C F Am G

Before I lead with the worst of me

C F Am G

I never let them see the worst of me

[Outro]

C F G

'Cause what if everyone saw?

F C G

What if everyone knew?

C F G

Would they like what they saw?

F C F G

Or would they hate it too?

Dm G C F

Will I just keep on running away from what's true?

C Dm F

All I ever do is run

Dm F

So how do I step in

C Dm F C Dm F

Step into the sun?

C Dm F C Dm F

Step into the sun

C Dm F

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