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Version 1
            Note:  Some of the C's sound like C9's = x32033, and some of the Em's sound
like Em9's = 022002, especially in the instrumental parts, so you can mix
it up and see which ones you like.
[Intro]
G  Em  C  G
[Verse]
              G       D  Em              C
I'm not the sort of person who falls in and quickly out of love
    G       D            C    G
But to you I gave my affection right from the start
      G      D      Em              C
I have a lover who loves me, how could I break such a heart
    G            D      C     G
Yet still you gained my attention
[Chorus]
          Em      C           G
Why do you come here when you know I've got trouble enough
          Em       C              G
Why do you call me when you know I can't answer the phone
      D         C
You make me lie and I don't want to
         D              G
You make someone else some kind of unknowing fool
      D            C
You make me stay when I should not
      D                   G
Are you so strong or is all the weakness in me
          Em     C                      G
Why do you come here and pretend to be just passing by
        D   C  D  G
But I need to see you
        D    C D  G  D  G
And I need to hold you,    tightly
G  Em  C  G
[Verse]
     G       D     Em              C
Feeling guilty, worried, waking from tormented sleep
     G      D               C    G
This old love has bound but the new love cuts deep
     G          D         Em          C
if I choose now, I'll lose out, one of you has to fall
           G     D    C G
But I need you, and you.
[Chorus]
          Em      C           G
Why do you come here when you know I've got trouble enough
          Em       C              G
Why do you call me when you know I can't answer the phone
      D         C
You make me lie and I don't want to
         D              G
You make someone else some kind of unknowing fool
      D            C
You make me stay when I should not
      D                   G
Are you so strong or is all the weakness in me
          Em     C                      G
Why do you come here and pretend to be just passing by
        D   C  D  G
But I need to see you
        D    C D  G  D  G
And I need to hold you,    tightly
G  Em  C  G 
        
                