Verse 1:
G
You can be amazing you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
Em
You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody’s lack
of love
C
Or you can start speaking up
G
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
and they settle ‘neath your skin
Em
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
C
Sometimes a shadow wins
D
But I wonder what would happen if you
Chorus:
G
Say what you wanna say
EmC
And let the words fall out
D
Bonestly I wanna see you be brave
G
With what you want to say
EmC
And let the words fall out
D
Bonestly I wanna see you be brave
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
Verse 2:
Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
by the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing bow down
to the mighty
Don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Chorus
Bridge:
EmG
And since, your history of silence
C
Won’t do you any good
C
Did you think it would?
EmG
Let your words be anything but empty
CD
Why don’t you tell them the truth?
Chorus
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
G
I just wanna see you
Em
I just wanna see you
C
I just wanna see you
D
I wanna see you be brave
Verse I:
F
It's not simple to say
C
that Most days I don't recognize me
Dm
With these shoes and this apron
That place and it's patrons
Bb
Have taken more than I've gave them
F
It's not easy to know
C
I'm not anything like I used be
Dm
Although it's true
I was never attention sweet center
Bb
But I still remember that girl
Chorus:
F
She's imperfect but she tries
C
She is good but she lies
Dm
She is hard on herself
Bb
She is broken and won't ask for help
F
She is messy but she's kind
C
She is lonely, most of the time
Dm
She is all of this, mixed up
Bb
And baked in a beautiful pie
F
She is gone, but she used to be mine
Verse II:
F
And it's not what I asked for
C
Sometimes life just slips in through a backdoor
DmBb
Carves out the person and makes you believe it's all true
And now I've got you
F
And you're not what I asked for
A7
If I'm honest, I know I would give it all back
Dm
For a chance to start over
Bb
And rewrite an ending or two
For the girl that I knew
Chorus:
F
Would be reckless, just enough
C
Who get hurt
Dm
But who learns how to toughen up, when she's bruised
Bb
And gets used by a man who can't love
F
And then she'll get stuck and be scared
Of the life that's inside her
A7
Growing stronger each day
Til it finally reminds her
Dm
To fight just a little
Bb
To bring back the fire in her eyes
FA7
That's been gone, but it used to be mine
DmBb
Used to be mine
F
She is messy, but she's kind
C
She is lonely, most of the time
DmBb
She is all of this, mixed up, and baked in a beautiful pie
F
She is gone, but she used to be mine
She Used To Be Mine - Sara Bareilles and Nadia DiGiallonardo - 6/27/2015