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Im Not Gonna Cry

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Intro
E C#m B A E
Sunday EShoes, Cap and BGown
The C#mwhole town gathered Aaround 
Waited E18 years now its aBll comin down to tC#mhis.A  
I scanned the Ecrowd and it fills my Bsoul
My best C#mfriends all here in Arows 
No Eturning back, Now its Btime to walk that C#mline B  
This Atassel is gonna Bturn 
But when the Emoment B/D#passes C#mby 
Well just wBalk away
Then slowly Agrow apart 
                      E  B/   E  A  
But Im not gonna cry, no 
                        E  B/  E  A  
Not one sad or happy tear 
                        E  B/   E  A  
Ive waited my whole life 
                                  E  B/  E  A  
Now Im gonna fly right outta here 
C#mIts a bittersweet goodbDye,   Abut Im not gonna crEy C#m  A  
Friday Enight, football Bgames,
First C#mloves and first heartAbreaks,
It didnt Ematter who won or Blost,
Only how we C#mplayed, A  
MemoEries as good as Bgold,
Tearin' C#mup those mountain Aroads,
Eracin' out B53, to old georgeC#mtown, B  
Asure we made a little Btrouble,
but learned Efrom B/D#every misC#mtake, 
so theres Bno regret,
we've done the Abest we could 
                    E  B/   E  A  
so im not gonna cry, no 
                         E  B/  E  A  
not one sad or happy tear 
                         E  B/  E  A  
ive waited my whole life 
                                 E  B/  E  A  
now im gonna fly right outta here 
C#mthese have been the best years of my Dlife A  
so im not gonna Ecry 
F#mits been a long and winding Ejourney
F#mand we've lost a few along the Eway 
F#mstill we've hung in there through the tribuElations
now its time to F#mcelebrate
Aits our graduation day 
                   E  B/  E  A  
so im not gonna cry 
                         E  B/  E  A  
not one sad or happy tear 
                        E  B/  E  A  
ive waited my whole life 
                                E  B/  E  A  
so im gonna fly right outta here 
C#mthis has been the best day of my Dlife,    Bso im not gonna Ecry 
F#mits a bittersweet goodAbye, im not gonna Ecry 

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Im Not Gonna Cry

by Corey Smith

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C#m

B/D#

F#m

Intro

E C#m B A E

E B

Sunday Shoes, Cap and Gown

C#m A

The whole town gathered around

E B C#m A

Waited 18 years now its all comin down to this.

E B

I scanned the crowd and it fills my soul

C#m A

My best friends all here in rows

E B C#m B

No turning back, Now its time to walk that line

A B

This tassel is gonna turn

E B/D# C#m

But when the moment passes by

Well just walk away

Then slowly grow apart

E B E A

But Im not gonna cry, no

E B E A

Not one sad or happy tear

E B E A

Ive waited my whole life

E B E A

Now Im gonna fly right outta here

C#m D A E C#m A

Its a bittersweet goodbye, but Im not gonna cry

E B

Friday night, football games,

C#m A

First loves and first heartbreaks,

E B

It didnt matter who won or lost,

C#m A

Only how we played,

E B

Memories as good as gold,

C#m A

Tearin' up those mountain roads,

E B C#m B

racin' out 53, to old georgetown,

A B

sure we made a little trouble,

E B/D# C#m

but learned from every mistake,

so theres no regret,

we've done the best we could

E B E A

so im not gonna cry, no

E B E A

not one sad or happy tear

E B E A

ive waited my whole life

E B E A

now im gonna fly right outta here

C#m D A

these have been the best years of my life

so im not gonna cry

F#m E

its been a long and winding journey

F#m E

and we've lost a few along the way

F#m E

still we've hung in there through the tribulations

F#m

now its time to celebrate

its our graduation day

E B E A

so im not gonna cry

E B E A

not one sad or happy tear

E B E A

ive waited my whole life

E B E A

so im gonna fly right outta here

C#m D B E

this has been the best day of my life, so im not gonna cry

F#m A E

its a bittersweet goodbye, im not gonna cry

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