Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Before you go away to the one you do belong

 So glad we met and you stayed, for it wasn’t very long

 Was it only just a dream? It’s over now, it seems.

If there were no goodbyes, would you say that you still cared?

 I won’t believe my eyes when I see you won’t be there

 ‘Cause this love’s so hard to find, now you’re leaving me behind.

 Oh please

Refrain

Show me, and tell me, how do you put this love aside?

 Put it away for another time, with no guarantee that you’ll be mine?

 A fool I am it seems, ‘cause I’ll be loving you in my dreams

 ‘til I wake up, and I find out time ain’t our friend

 You know I’ll just stay a fool ‘til the end.

 (‘Til the end, I’ll be a fool, ‘til I find it’s me and you

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If it only was a game, why’d you have to fool my heart?

Oh, girl, ain’t it a shame that we promised from the start

That our love was here to stay for each and every day

If I had only known, if I didn’t have to care

Then being all alone wouldn’t be so hard to bear

This love’s so hard to find, and now we’re leaving it behind

Oh please (Ref)

 I may be over-acting, I know I must stay strong

 But you pulled the strings too hard, and now we’re going on our own …

(Ref, except last line)

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You know I’ll just stay a fool ‘til the end, ‘til the end,

 You know I’ll just stay a fool ‘til the end.