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[Intro]
G C G D
[Chorus]
Well, I just Gshy away
CMy face gets red
I just Gshy away
I Dlose my head
GThere's many things
That I'd Clike to say
But I Galways sDhy aGway
[Verse 1]
GI saw you were
Standing bCy your locker
As GI went strolling bDy
Well, I'm nGot much at flirting
And I'm Cnot a talker but
I jGust had to wDink my eGye
[Chorus]
Then I just sGhy away
CMy face gets red
I just Gshy away
I Dlose my head
GThere's many things
That I'd Clike to say
But I Galways sDhy aGway
[Interlude]
G C G D D#
[Verse 2]
G#Well, I looked at my watch
And tC#ime was flying
Too sG#oon the bell would rD#ing
I G#had to move fast but
My nC#erves didn't last and
I jG#ust couldn't sD#ay a tG#hing
[Chorus]
Cause I just G#shy away
C#My face gets red
I just G#shy away
I D#lose my head
G#There's many things
That I'd C#like to say
But I G#always D#shy G#away
[Interlude]
G# C# G# D# E
[Verse 3]
AWell, now I finally got my
Nerve and I waDlked right up
And you sAeemed to underEstand
We bAoth started talking
While wDe were walking
And you tAook me Eby the hAand
[Chorus]
And I didn't Ashy away
And lDose my head
I didn't sAhy away
Or my fEace get red
ARight then and there
I knew DI fell in love with you
AYou shied awEay insteAad
You shied awEay iAnsDteAad

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Shy Away

by Jerry Fuller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G C G D

[Chorus]

Well, I just shy away

My face gets red

I just shy away

I lose my head

There's many things

That I'd like to say

G D G

But I always shy away

[Verse 1]

I saw you were

Standing by your locker

G D

As I went strolling by

Well, I'm not much at flirting

And I'm not a talker but

G D G

I just had to wink my eye

[Chorus]

Then I just shy away

My face gets red

I just shy away

I lose my head

There's many things

That I'd like to say

G D G

But I always shy away

[Interlude]

G C G D D#

[Verse 2]

Well, I looked at my watch

And time was flying

G# D#

Too soon the bell would ring

I had to move fast but

My nerves didn't last and

G# D# G#

I just couldn't say a thing

[Chorus]

Cause I just shy away

My face gets red

I just shy away

I lose my head

There's many things

That I'd like to say

G# D# G#

But I always shy away

[Interlude]

G# C# G# D# E

[Verse 3]

Well, now I finally got my

Nerve and I walked right up

A E

And you seemed to understand

We both started talking

While we were walking

A E A

And you took me by the hand

[Chorus]

And I didn't shy away

And lose my head

I didn't shy away

Or my face get red

Right then and there

I knew I fell in love with you

A E A

You shied away instead

E A D A

You shied away instead

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