Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

The tears swell up in my eyes

 look around your sea of cries

 no one knows exactly why

you took your life

you were so young

what have you done

(chorus):

 but its a wake up call to reality

can't go through life just thinkin bout me

stop and think before you speak

 before you say something to tear someone down

 one small word, one small thing

 just one smile, and one deed

 just one time...can change everything

you had so much goin for you

 considered one lucky guy

 guess something was tough

 you thought you couldn't get through

 and we're all screaming out "why?"

 you thought no one cared

now it's a burden we all have to bear

(chorus)

why...

did it have to end that way

 and i...

 i wish for that all to change

we all wish we could go back

and change all the past

hopin' when we wake up it'll be gone

you won't be gone

[play only the 1st time]

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but its a wake up call to reality | ^^^

can't go through life just thinkin bout me | picking part

stop and think before you speak | of chorus, on "down"

before you say something to tear someone down_| starts strumming, building

intensity

 its a wake up call to reality

can't go through life just thinkin bout me

stop and think before you speak

 before you say something to tear someone down

 one small word, one small thing

 just one smile, and one deed

 just one time...can change everything

 one small word, one small thing |

 just one smile, and one deed | part picking, part strumming

Am B C | not hard to figure out

just one time...can change everything _|