Foolish One

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My cards are on the table, yours are in your hand 
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Chances are, tonight, you've already got plans 
    Am                  C 
And chances are I will talk myself to sleep 
  G 
Again 
             G 
You give me just enough attention to keep my hopes too high 
         C 
Wishful thoughts forget to mention when something's really not right 

    Am                      C 
And I will block out these voices of reason 
        G 
In my head 
                     C           G 
And the voices say, "You are not the 
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Exception 
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You will never learn your lesson" 


 G 
Foolish one 
  G 
Stop checkin' your mailbox for 
    C 
Confessions of love 
C 
That ain't never gonna come 
 Am 
You will take the long way, you will take 
               D 
The long way down 


  G 
You know how to keep me waitin' 
G 
I know how to act like I'm fine 
                   C 
Don't know what to call this situation 
C 
But I know I can't call you mine 
          Am                  C 
And it's delicate, but I will do my best to 
       G 
Seem bulletproof 
                G 
'Cause when my head is on your shoulder 
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It starts thinkin' you'll come around 
            C 
And maybe, someday, when we're older 
  C 
This is something we'll laugh about 
      Am            C 
Over coffee every mornin' while you're 
               G  D 
Watching the news 
D                         C            G 
But then the voices say, "You are not the 
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Exception 
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You will never learn your lesson" 



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Foolish one 
  G 
Stop checkin' your mailbox for 
    C 
Confessions of love 
C 
That ain't never gonna come 
  Am 
You will take the long way, you will take 
              D 
The long way down 

G 
Foolish one 
  G 
Stop checkin' your mailbox for 
    C 
Confessions of love 
C 
That ain't never gonna come 
 Am 
You will learn the hard way instead of just 
          D 
Walkin' out 


         Em 
Now I'm slidin' down the wall with my 
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Head in my hands 
         G                    D 
Sayin', "How could I not see the signs?" 
                Em 
Oh, you haven't written me or called 
             C 
But goodbye screamin' in the silence 
          G                        D 
And the voices in my head are tellin' me why 
        G 
'Cause you got her on your arm and me in the wings 
     C 
I'll get your longing glances, but she'll get your ring 
    Am               C 
And you will say you had the best of 
      G 
Intentions 
     Am                  C           D 
And maybe I will finally learn my lesson 


G 
Foolish one 
  G 
Stop checkin' your mailbox for 
    C 
Confessions of love 
C 
That ain't never gonna come 
  Am 
You will take the long way, you will take 
               D 
The long way down 
G 
Foolish one 
  G 
Stop checkin' your mailbox for 
    C 
Confessions of love 
C 
That ain't never gonna come 
 Am 
You will learn the hard way instead of just 
          D 
Walkin' out, oh, oh, oh, oh 

 G 
La la la la la, la la la la, oh 
  C 
La la la la la 
C 
Ain't never gonna come 
Am                                D 
Ooh, you will learn the hard way now 
G 
Foolish one 
G                              C 
Sittin' 'round waiting for confessions of love 
  C 
They ain't never gonna come 
     Am 
And thinkin' he's the one, you should've 
              D 
Been walkin' out 
G 
Foolish one 
G 
The day is gonna come for your 
     C 
Confessions of love 
                          Am 
When all is said and done, he just wasn't the one 
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No, he just wasn't the one