Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Stay, won't beg you to stay,

Go, yeah, I'll be okay,

Won't kill me this way,

Ohh ohh,

Least that's what I'll say.

No, you don't have to know,

The wounds that hurt me the most,

Cos I'll never show,

Ohh ohh,

Just how deep they go.

That's why I'm telling you,

Every time you have to go,

I don't think you even know,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Every time you have to leave,

Can't believe it cuts so deep,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart.

Strong, I thought I was strong,

These scars will heal before long,

I guess I was wrong,

Ohh ohh,

And I'm too far gone.

Try, I know I should try,

To just get on with my life,

But it's slipping away tonight,

There's some loves you can't survive.

That's why I'm telling you,

Every time you have to go,

I don't think you even know,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Every time you have to leave,

Can't believe it cuts so deep,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart.

The last words I would say,

Is there ain't anyone else,

Can take this pain away.

That's why I'm telling you,

Every time you have to go,

I don't think you even know,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Every time you have to leave,

Can't believe it cuts so deep,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger oh,

Dagger dagger,

It's like a dagger in my heart.

Can take this pain away.

That's why I'm telling you,

Every time you have to go,

I don't think you even know,

It's like a dagger in my heart,

Every time you have to leave,

Can't believe it cuts so deep,

It's like a dagger in my heart.