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A    Em  Dmaj7  
 
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When I was younger I saw my daddy 
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cry and curse at the wind 
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He broke his own heart and I watched as he tried to 
Em          Dmaj7
re-assemble it 
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And my mamma swore she that would never let 
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herself forget 
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And that was the day that 
I promised I'd never sing of 
Em
love if it does not
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exist  But darling  
 
 

A
You are the only exception
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You are the only exception
A
You are the only exception
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You are the only exception
 
 
                                
Maybe I know somewhere deep in my 
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soul that love never lasts 
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And we've got to find other ways to make it 
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alone or keep a straight face 
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And I've always lived like this keeping a 
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comfortable, distance 
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And up until now I had sworn to myself that 
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I'm content with loneliness,
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'cause none of it was ever worth the risk 
 
 

     A
Well you are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
A
You are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
 
 

Bm      A   E 
Bm      A   E 
 
           Bm
I've got a tight grip on reality,
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But I can't let go of what's in front 
       E
of me here 
              Bm
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up,
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Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a 
E
dream 
   D
whoa
 
 

A
You are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
A
You are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
 
A
You are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
A
You are the only exception
G           D
You are the only exception
 
 

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And I'm on my 
D               A
way to believing
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Oh, and I'm on my 
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way to believing