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♪: F chords indicated with a "*" can be alternately played as FM7.
[Intro]
    F          CM7/G            AmFeEmelings over-
FflowCM7/G.            AmAnd I’m Emnot letting
Fgo,         CM7/G          Amthough in my Emheart I
Fknow,        CM7/GI    Amknow.
   Don’t wannCM7/Ga be
[Chorus]
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t wanna be
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t Emwanna be
Fadd2over   yAmou,   ooooooo
Fooh, but you are not
Amyou.
[Verse 1]
AmShe said this wasn’t easy for her. De-
Fadd9ciding to walk away wasn’t easy to her. And she said,
   Amshe felt the world was just something that she observed. that she
 Fadd9was inadequate, that her place hadn’t been earned. She said,
 Amshe wasn’t happy with how her life had turned.
Fadd9Feeling the real her was something she had to learn. I said,
 Cthis isn’t easy but I support unnerved, be-
Emlieving that in time she’d wake up and return.
 AmBut hope would fade as those few days had turned to weeks, and those
Fadd9weeks created something of which I couldn’t speak, except
  Amto say it spoke as if I wasn’t me, as if
Fadd9we now hadn’t been together since we were teens, as if
   Amthese nine years were from a convincing dream and the
Fadd9woman I thought I loved never loved me, I can’t conceive. This
Chad to be a thing, sort of like a changeling. It ac-
Emted and spoke the part, but her essence it couldn’t sing.
   Don’t wannCM7/Ga be
[Chorus]
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t wanna be
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t Emwanna be
Fadd2over   yAmou,   but I just have to make it
Fthrough, ‘cuz you are not
Amyou.
[Bridge]
    FWhen you’ve goneCM7/G  
Amastray,Em  
F*                             CM7/G  
    And the world just won’t o-
Ambey.Em  
F*                             CM7/G  
            When you fall             a-
Amway,          well we
F*                             CM7/G  
all                 must find our own
Amway.
[Verse 2]
    AmIt’s quite amusing how being apart can yield
Fadd9Levels of clarity on confusion once thought surreal
     AmAnd what amazement to come to find you can heal, that one’s
Fadd9future isn’t ill-fated but slated for high appeal.
AmWell solace gives opportunity to reveal
   Fadd9And time sheds perspective on why one feels
    CTo see success even in division’s the test, well
Emevery day we had wasn’t anything short of blessed.
    AmSo changeling, change brings, more than deranged
Fadd9things, strange things, I’ve near persevered in an up-
Amswing. So cling to new hope, more than a good
Fadd9show, so do sing, do glow.     And to
Amthis new you, let us remove ado, let us
Fadd9now greet renewed and just start from a different view. I’ll
Cintroduce myself, now you introduce yourself. We’ll
Emsmile and live in health as two friends who have never dwelt
   Don’t wanna be
[Chorus]
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t wanna be
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t Emwanna be
Fadd2over   yAmou,    but
Fyou are notFadd#11  
Amyou.    Don’t wanna be
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t wanna be
Fadd2over   yAm7ou,       don’t Emwanna be
Fadd2over   yAmou,    but you are not
[Outro]
Fyou, you are not
Amyou, CM7you are not
Amyou, you are not
Amyou, CM7you are not
FM7you, you are not
Amyou.

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Changeling

by Zack Hemsey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

CM7/G

Fadd2

Am7

Fadd9

Fadd#11

CM7

FM7

♪: F chords indicated with a "*" can be alternately played as FM7.

[Intro]

F CM7/G Am Em

Feelings over-

F CM7/G Am Em

flow. And I’m not letting

F CM7/G Am Em

go, though in my heart I

F CM7/G Am

know, I know.

CM7/G

Don’t wanna be

[Chorus]

Fadd2 Am7

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am7 Em

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am

over you, ooooooo

ooh, but you are not

you.

[Verse 1]

She said this wasn’t easy for her. De-

Fadd9

ciding to walk away wasn’t easy to her. And she said,

she felt the world was just something that she observed. that she

Fadd9

was inadequate, that her place hadn’t been earned. She said,

she wasn’t happy with how her life had turned.

Fadd9

Feeling the real her was something she had to learn. I said,

this isn’t easy but I support unnerved, be-

lieving that in time she’d wake up and return.

But hope would fade as those few days had turned to weeks, and those

Fadd9

weeks created something of which I couldn’t speak, except

to say it spoke as if I wasn’t me, as if

Fadd9

we now hadn’t been together since we were teens, as if

these nine years were from a convincing dream and the

Fadd9

woman I thought I loved never loved me, I can’t conceive. This

had to be a thing, sort of like a changeling. It ac-

ted and spoke the part, but her essence it couldn’t sing.

CM7/G

Don’t wanna be

[Chorus]

Fadd2 Am7

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am7 Em

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am

over you, but I just have to make it

through, ‘cuz you are not

you.

[Bridge]

F CM7/G

When you’ve gone

Am Em

astray,

F CM7/G

And the world just won’t o-

Am Em

bey.

F CM7/G

When you fall a-

way, well we

F CM7/G

all must find our own

way.

[Verse 2]

It’s quite amusing how being apart can yield

Fadd9

Levels of clarity on confusion once thought surreal

And what amazement to come to find you can heal, that one’s

Fadd9

future isn’t ill-fated but slated for high appeal.

Well solace gives opportunity to reveal

Fadd9

And time sheds perspective on why one feels

To see success even in division’s the test, well

every day we had wasn’t anything short of blessed.

So changeling, change brings, more than deranged

Fadd9

things, strange things, I’ve near persevered in an up-

swing. So cling to new hope, more than a good

Fadd9

show, so do sing, do glow. And to

this new you, let us remove ado, let us

Fadd9

now greet renewed and just start from a different view. I’ll

introduce myself, now you introduce yourself. We’ll

smile and live in health as two friends who have never dwelt

Don’t wanna be

[Chorus]

Fadd2 Am7

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am7 Em

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am

over you, but

F Fadd#11

you are not

you. Don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am7

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am7 Em

over you, don’t wanna be

Fadd2 Am

over you, but you are not

[Outro]

you, you are not

Am CM7

you, you are not

Am CM7

you, you are not

FM7

you, you are not

you.

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