I Was Never There - The Weeknd

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The Weeknd
"I Was Never There"

Standard tuning.


[Intro]
         
         
         
         


[Verse 1]
            
   What makes 

             
a grown man wa

            
nna cry? (Cry,

 
 cry, cry, cry

)
            
   What makes 

             
him wanna take

           
 his life? (Ye


ah)
           
   His happine

            
ss is never re

          
al (real, real

, real, real)
            
   And mindles

             
s sex is how h

            
e feels, ooh, 

   
he feels


[Chorus]
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time
         
It won't matte

r (it don't ma

tter)
         
It won't matte

r (matter)
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time (time, it

's time)
         
It won't matte

r (it won't ma

tter)
         
It won't matte

r (ya)
            
It was like I 

          
was never ther

e (It was like

 I was never t

here)
            
It was like it

              
 was more than

      
 thin air, oh
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time, oh baby
            
It won't matte

            
r, it won't ma

tter, baby
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time
            
It won't matte

            
r, it won't ma

tter
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time
            
It won't matte

            
r, it won't ma

tter
            
It was like I 

          
was never ther

e
            
It was like it

              
 was more than

      
 thin air
            
When it's time

              
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 

 
time
            
It won't matte

            
r, it won't ma

tter


[Interlude]
            
When it's time

            
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 


time
           
It' won't matt

             
er, it won't m


atter
            
When it's time

            
, when it's ti

              
me, when it's 


time
           
It won't matte

             
r, it won't ma


tter


[Bridge]
          
Ooh, when no o

             
ne know what l

       
ove is
            
And I know you

     
 for sure
            
You'd rather s

              
omething toxic
            
So I poison my

           
self again, ag


ain
            
'Til I feel no

       
thing
      
In my soul (in

 my soul)
            
I'm on the edg

              
e of something

      
 breaking
           
I feel my mind

           
 is slowly fad

ing
            
If I keep goin

            
g, I won't mak

     
e it
           
If I keep goin

           
g, I won't mak

e it


[Outro]
            
And it's all b

        
ecause of you
           
It's all becau

      
se of you
          
It's all becau

      
se of you
           
It's all becau

      
se of you
          
Woah, woah

 
           
Don't you, bab

       
y, hey
            
It won't matte

      
r, baby
              
Don't you know

  
?
              
Don't you know

  
?
        
Ooh, no