Don't Shut Me Down

	  		
Bb 
  A while ago I heard the sound of children's laughter 
Gm 
  Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park 
Cm 
  This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour 
    F                               Bb        F/A 
The sun is going down, it's getting dark 

Bb 
  I realise I'm cold 
F/A 
  The rain begins to pour 
     Bb/D                            Gm       ( Gm(add9) Gm ) 
As I watch the windows on the second floor 
Eb                                    Eb  Bb/D  Bb  F 
  The lights are on, it's time to go (ohooo..) 
             Bb              Eb/G 
It's time at last to let him know 

( Cm  F ) 

Cm                               F 
I believe it would be fair to say 
             Bb       Gm 
 You look bewildered 
        Cm                       Ab 
And you wonder why I'm here today 
    Eb/G             Bb 
And so you should, I would 
       Eb                    Bb/D 
When I left I'd had enough 
                     Cm        Eb/Bb 
But in thе shape and form I ..appear now 
       Ab 
I have lеarned to cope 
    Eb/G          Ab           Bb        G 
And love and hope is why I am here now 

C 
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah 
Am 
  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 
Dm 
  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded 
    G                                C     G 
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down 

    C 
I'm not the one you knew 
    G/B 
I'm now and then combined 
        Am                         F       C/E       F 
And I'm asking you to have an open mind (I won't be the same ) 
  F                                C/E    G/D 
I'm not the same this time around (ohooo..) 
G         C/G               F/A 
I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

( Dm  G ) 

Dm                                    G 
Will you leave me standing in the hall 
G         C      Am 
Or let me enter? 
    Dm                            Bb 
The apartment hasn't changed at all 
   F             C 
I got to say I'm glad 

           F 
Once these rooms were witness to our love 
C/E                 Dm         F/C 
  My tantrums and increasing.. frustration 
      Bb 
But I go from mad 
   F/A        Bb         C         A 
To not so bad in my transformation 

D 
  And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah 
Bm 
  I'm fired up, don't shut me down 
Em 
  I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded 
    A                                D    A 
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down 

    D 
I'm not the one you knew (Im not the one you knew) 
    A/C# 
I'm now and then combined 
Bm                                 G       D/F#     G 
And I'm asking you to have an open mind (I won't be the same ) 
G                                  G   D/F# 
I'm not the same this time around (ohhooo...) 
A         D/A            G 
I'm fired up, don't shut me down 

    D 
You asked me not to leave 
      A 
Well, here I am again 
       D/F#                            Bm 
And I love you still and so I won't pretend 

      G 
I have learned to cope 
    D/F#             G        A 
And love and hope is why I am here now