Verse 1:
D
If I see my old friends, we'll go out dancing
Gbm
If we go out dancing, then we'll go to the bar
E
If we go to the bar, then there's gonna be drinking
E Dbm
If I drink, I wanna see where you are
D
So I don't see my old friends, I don't go dancing
Gbm
I don't do most things I used to do
E
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it
Dbm
I did most things to get to you
Chorus:
D Gbm E
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E
I gotta stay away
D Gbm E
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D Gbm
Stay away, stay stay away
E
Stay away, stay stay away
Verse 2:
D
If I go driving then I'll put on music
Gbm
If I put on music then I'll play our song
E
If I play our song then I think I'll lose it
E Dbm
End up balled up at the front of your lawn
D
So I don't go driving, no, I just stay in
Gbm
I don't do most things I used to do
E
Cause every moment is a fork in the road
E Dbm
And all my roads lead back to you -You, you-
Chorus:
D Gbm E
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E
I gotta stay away
D Gbm E
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D Gbm
Stay away, stay stay away
E
Stay away, stay stay away
Bridge:
D
If I turn off the light then I might start thinking
Gbm
If I start thinking, I'll think of the time when
E
You said that you loved me, you said I was perfect
E
You said you were sorry, you said you were selfish
D
If I don't stop it, before I know it
Gbm
All the bad things never happened
E
You never lied or treated me bad and
E
If you did then you'll wish you hadn't
D
Start believing you were right and
Gbm
I was being too dramatic
E
So I gotta leave the light on
E
For tonight
-nc-
Just so I can stay away
Chorus:
D Gbm E
No one ever told me leaving was the easy part
E
I gotta stay away
D Gbm E
Leaving you was easy, now I gotta do what's hard
E
I gotta stay away
D
Any little misstep
Gbm
I'll be at your doorstep
E
Talking 'bout forgiveness
E
Giving you my heart back
D
Just so you can break it
Gbm E
One more time before I say
E
I gotta stay away
Post-Chorus:
D Gbm
Stay away, stay stay away
E
Stay away, stay stay away
D Gbm
Stay away, stay stay away
E
Stay away, stay stay away
