^AWhen i was younger i saw my daddy ^Emcry and curse at the ^Dwind. He^A broke his own heart and I watched as he tried to^Em re-assembl^De it. And ^Amy mamma swore she would never let ^Emherself fo^Drget. And ^Athat was the day that i promised I'd never sing of^Em love if does not ^Dexist. But darling..

^AYou are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception

^AYou are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception ^A

Ma^Aybe i know somewhere deep in my s^Emoul that love never^D lasts. And ^Awe've got to find other ways to make it al^Emone or keep a straight^D face. And ^Ai've always lived like this keeping a c^Emomfortable^D, distance. An^Ad up until now i swored to myself that i'^Emm content with loneli^Dness, 'cause ^Anone of it was ever worth the risk.

^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception ^AYou are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception

I've got a ^Bmtight grip on reality, But i can't let ^Ago of whats part of me ^Ehere. I know you're ^Bmleaving tomorrow, when you wake up, Leave me ^Awith some kind of proof it's not a ^Edream. who^Bma

But^A you are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception ^AYou are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception

But^A you are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception ^AYou are the only exception ^EmYou are the o^Dnly exception

^EmAnd i'm on m^Dy way to believing ^A (Last line strum each chord once.) And^Em i'm on ^Dmy way to believing^A