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Introduction: F C Am G
F C
I've had my skin turned so red
Am G
But I still stand in the sun
F
Yeah, I've been stabbed
C
In the back by my friends
Am G
But I still make new ones
Am
I've almost drowned
G F
Waves knocked me down
G
But I still love the ocean
Am G F
So, why would I hold back my heart
G
Just 'cause it's been broken
F C
Since I first saw you that night on those stairs
Am G
Middle of a party, just you and me there
F C Am
Suddenly I forgot all of the times I've been hurt
G
And damn, I've been hurt
F C
Now, looking back, I don't know what I'd do
Am G
If I'd blamed my past and I'd missed out on you
F C
I hope that I'd never learn
Am7 Am
'Cause even though I've been burned
F C Am7 G
I still love fireworks
F
Yeah, I've felt those sparks
C
In so many dive bars
Am G
But what they want is all the same
F
I've even driven
C
A boy home for Christmas
Am G
We died like the tree before Valentine's Day
Am G
But I'll still take you home
F G
To Oklahoma anyway
F C
Since I first saw you that night on those stairs
Am G
Middle of a party, just you and me there
F C Am
Suddenly I forgot all of the times I've been hurt
G
And damn, I've been hurt
F C
Now, looking back, I don't know what I'd do
Am G
If I'd blamed my past and I'd missed out on you
F C
I hope that I'd never learn
Am7 Am
'Cause even though I've been burned
N.C.
F C
So, light me uu-uu-uu-uu-up
Am G
Light me up, up, up
F C
Light me uu-uu-uu-uu-up
Am G
I'll never let you go
F C
Since I first saw you that night on those stairs
Am G
Middle of a party, just you and me there
F C Am7
Suddenly I forgot all of the times I've been hurt
G
Damn, I've been hurt
F C
Now, looking back, I don't know what I'd do
Am G
If I'd blamed my past and I'd missed out on you
F C
I hope that I'd never learn
Am
'Cause even though I've been burned
N.C.