verse 1
D G
Be yourself, they say, but be assertive
C G
Hold your ground but do not be unkind
G Em
I have sought to be both lamb and lion
C G D
Heartache is the thing I tend to find
Am D G
Can I only have what I can capture
Em B C
Will I be unheard unless I shout
Am B Em
Clamor overwhelms me and I wonder
Am C D
What is there to be so loud about?
G C G
Many are the musings of my shy heart
C G Am C
Though precious few are spoken out aloud
D C G C
How I wish to wrap them up in confidence and style
C A D
And send them out like magic through the crowd
Em C D
Then everyone would listen and I wouldn't be afraid
Em A
I wouldn't shrink away and disappear
C D G C
I don't want them to worship me or care that much at all
Am C D
I only want to know they know I'm here
verse 2
D G
I can wear a mask of pluck and power
C G
But it never says what I intend
G D Em
Words become like scissors in my keeping
C G D
And friendships are so difficult to mend
Am D G
I don't want to shout above the babble
Em B C
I'm not even sure what I would say
Am B Em
Maybe just, "Excuse me, could we maybe
Am C D
Be a little quieter today?"
G C G
Many are the musings of my shy heart
C G Am C
Though precious few are spoken out aloud
D C G C
How I wish to wrap them up in confidence and style
C A D
And send them out like magic through the crowd
Em C D
Then everyone would listen and I wouldn't be afraid
Em A
I wouldn't shrink away and disappear
C D G C
I don't want them to worship me or care that much at all
Am C D
I only want to know they know I'm here
Am D G
I only want to know they know I'm here
Interlude
D C G D
Em Bm C A G
B Em Bm C Am Em
Em G D C G Bm
Bm C Em A A
C G D G G
verse 3
D G
Part of me has things she wants and wishes
C G
Part of me is worried she is wrong
G D Em
Part of me is busy masquerading
C G D
As a girl whose pieces get along
Am D G
I don't mean to come across as distant
Em B C
I don't think it adds to my mystique
Am B Em G
I just find it difficult conversing
Am C D
And think an awful lot before I speak
G C G
Many are the musings of my shy heart
C G Am C
Though precious few are spoken out aloud
D G C
How I wish to wrap them up in confidence and style
C A D
And send them out like magic through the crowd
Em C D
Then everyone would listen and I wouldn't be afraid
Em A
I wouldn't shrink away and disappear
C D G C
I don't want them to worship me or care that much at all
Am C D
I only want to know they know I'm here
Am D G
I only want to know they know I'm here