Leave A Tender Moment Alone

by Billy Joel

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LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE
By: Billy Joel
Key: Bb

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Ev-en though I'm in   love
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Some-times I get so a-fraid
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I'll say some-thing so   wrong
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Just to have some-thing to say
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I know the mo-ment is-n't   right
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To tell the girl a com-ic-al line
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To keep the con-ver-sa-tion light
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I guess I'm just fright-ened out of my mind
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But if that's how I    feel
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Then it's the best feel-ing I've ev-er known
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It's un-de-ni-a-bly  real
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Leave a ten-der mo-ment a-lone

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Yes I know I'm in   love
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But just when I ought to re-lax
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I put my foot in my mouth
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Cause I'm just a-void-ing the facts
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If the girl gets too   close
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If  I   need some room to es-cape
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When the mo-ment a-  rose
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I'd tell her it's all a mis-take
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But that's not how I    feel
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No that's not the wom-an I've known
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She's un-de-ni-a-bly real
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So leave a ten-der mo-ment a-lone
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But it's not on-ly me
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Break-ing down when the ten-sion gets high
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Just when I'm in a ser-i-ous mood
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She is sud-den-ly qui-et and shy

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Leave a ten-der mo-ment a-lone
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Leave a ten-der mo-ment

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I know the mo-ment is-n't   right
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To hold my e-mo-tions in-side
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To change the at-ti-tude to-  night
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I've run out of plac-es to hide
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And if that's how I    feel
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Then it's the best feel-ing I've ev-er known
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It's un-de-ni-a-bly real
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Leave a ten-der mo-ment a-lone
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Leave a ten-der mo-ment a-lone