When He Sees Me Chords by Sara Bareilles

[Start]

[Verse]
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■  I stick with real things
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Usually facts and figures
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When information's in its place I minimize the guessing game
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Guess what
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I don't like guessing games or when I feel things
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Before I know the feelings
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How am I supposed to operate if I'm just tossed around by fate
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Like on an unexpected date
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With a stranger who might talk too fast
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Or ask me questions about myself before I've decided that
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He can ask me questions about myself
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He might sit too close
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Or call the waiter by his first name
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Or eat Oreos
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But eat the cookie before the cream
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But what scares me the most
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What scares me the most


[Chorus]
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Is what if when he sees me
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What if he doesn't like it
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What if he runs the other way and I can't hide from it
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What happens then if
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When he knows me
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He's only disappointed
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What if I give myself away to only get it given back
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I couldn't live with that


[Verse]
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So I'm just fine inside my shellshaped mind
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This way I get the best view
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So when he sees me I want him to
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■   I'm not defensive
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I'm simply being cautious
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I can't risk reckless dating
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Due to my miscalculating why ■ 
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■  A certain suitor stands in line I've seen in movies
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Most made for television
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You cannot be too careful when it comes to sharing your life
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I could end up a miserable wife
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He could be criminal
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Some sort of psychopath who escaped from
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An  institution somewhere where they don't have girls
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He could have masterminded some way to find me
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He could be colorblind
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How untrustworthy is that He could be less than kind
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Or even worse he could be very nice have lovely eyes
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And make me laugh
            Gb    
Come out of hiding
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What do I do with that
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Oh God


[Chorus]
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What if when he sees me
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I like him and he knows it
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What if he opens up a door and I can't close it
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What happens then
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If when he holds me
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My heart is set in motion
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I'm not prepared for that I'm scared of breaking open ■ 
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■ But still I can't help from hoping


[Outro]
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To find someone to talk to
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Who likes the way I am
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Someone who when he sees me wants to again ■