Mean It by K.Flay
Key: AbAb | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
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Verse 1
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I was born next to my mother,    she sang me to sleep
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And I grew to adore my father     as he drowned in a drink
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And I know that I should be grateful     for the things they taught
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I was raised to be so damn faithful     I didn’t need a god
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Time is crazy, my grandmother made up a lie of her life
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When she died well she gave me  a necklace that came from the sky
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Said my grandfather made it  out of gold and a diamond that always reminded him
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Of what life could have been
Chorus
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So when I say I love you I want to mean it
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Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
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And when I say I want to I want to mean it
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Cause I know not to say yes to just anything
Verse 2
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Hope to die next to my daughter,    let her sing to me sleep
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Having made the mistakes of a mother,    still I taught her to breathe
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When you’re low and you’re deep underwater stay faithful, remember what you love
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  So when the world gets painful you become your own god
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I could daydream,  sit back and think of a mythical life
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But the seasons change and  the tragic thing is that you can’t live it twice
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So I try to be brave and tell her that we’ll meet again, that we’d met before
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But I’m not really so sure
Chorus
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So when I say I love you I want to mean it
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Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
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And when I say I want to I want to mean it
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Cause I know not to say yes to just anything
Interlude
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Chorus
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So when I say I love you I want to mean it
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Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
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And when I say I want to I want to mean it
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Cause I know not to say yes to just anything
Chorus
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So when I say I love you I want to mean it
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Cause I say a lot of things that I don’t mean
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And when I say I want to I want to mean it
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Cause I know not to say yes to just anything
Outro
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