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	      C       G
don't write a letter
			D
when you want to leave
C					G		  D
don't call me at three a.m. from your friend's apartment

    Em
I'd like to choose
      C
how I hear the news
	D7		 G
take me to a park that's covered with trees
	D    A	    D
tell me on a sunday please

C	    G			 D
let me down easy no big song and dance
C	     G			 D
no long faces no long looks just deep conversation
  Em
I know the way
	  C
I want to spend that day

	D7
take me to the zoo
     G
with big chimpanzees
	D    A	    D
tell me on a sunday please

G				   D
don't want to know who's to blame

won't help knowing
		A
I don't want to fight day and night
	  G
it's bad enough that you're going
Asus2		A		     D
don't leave in silence - no words at all
G		  A
don't get mad and slam the door
    D	       G
it's no way to end this

  Em
I know how I
	    C
want you to say goodbye
      D7	  G
by the circus tent with a big trapeeze
	D    A	    D
tell me on a sunday please

G		A
I don't want to fight day and night
    D
it's bad enough that you're going
G	       A	D	     G
don't leave in silence - no words at all
	  A
don't get mad and slam the door
    D	       G
it's no way to end this

  Em
I know how I
	    C
want you to say goodbye

G	  A		      D
don't run off in the pouring rain
G	   A			D
don't call me as they call your plane
G	 A		     D  G
take the hurt out of all the pain

	D7		 G
take me to a park that's covered with trees
	D    Asus2   A   D
tell me on a sunnnnnnday please

G A D G
G A D D
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