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D  Dm D#
D     Gm
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[Verse 1]
                                Gm
Next time I'll be kinder with you
                  C            F
There's just this habit that I have
  F#m            D           Gm
I throw my words around like fire
     A                                 Dm
They catch on your good heart and your peace of mind
                  C     D
Next time I'll be kinder

[Verse 2]
     Cm                            D
If I learn to take it lighter when you
     Gm         C                F
Tell me there's something that I lack
F#m                 D           Gm
Would that make you change your mind?
A                             Dm          A#
Would that make it better and buy me some time?

[Chorus]
           Gm
'Cause I'm damned if I do
        Dm
And I'm damned if I don't
Gm
Every time I swear I will
    Dm
You swear that I won't
    A                Dm         D#
But there's a better version of me
A            Dm          Gm
Stay for the person I'll be

D      Cm
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D      Cm
D   Dm Cm
D   Dm D#
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[Verse 3]
   Dm        Cm                              D
If there's a next time I'll fight harder for you
Gm              C               F
 Won't take for granted what we had
  D                             Gm
I wake with you in mind but I'm tired
   A                   Gm
Of all these different phases
           Dm
Are all these faults of mine?

[Chorus]
          Gm
Cause I'm damned if I'm true
        Dm
And I'm damned if I'm right
Gm
Every time you say I'll lose
  Dm
I swear that I'm trying
   A                Dm         D#
If there's a better version of me
          A            Dm          Gm C
Would you stay for the person I'll be?

[Outro]
  D                                  Cm
Ooh I'll be Stay for the person I'll be
D# D                          Cm
     Stay for the person I'll be
D# D                          Cm
     Stay for the person I'll be
D# D                         Gm
    Stay for the person I'll be
D# D                     D#
Stay for the person I'll be
D# D                     Cm  D
Stay for the person I'll be