G D G D D


[Verse 1]

D
Well baby lay down your pride-sprayed poems
Em                               D
While I sit and mumble at your feet
 D
Am I a stone or a stoned kid dreaming
 Em                            D
Of a closet full of crumbled tees

[Verse 2]

 D
Young and hungry, dark blue and clumsy
 Em                   D
Dumb enough to let you go
 D                           Em
Outside the show drinking Nyquil and honey
                                  D
Trying to conjure up some rock and roll


[Chorus]
   G                                D
You're the exception, dear, I'm the rule
   G                             D
I traded love for a song like a fool
      Em                E/F#          G
I'm always drawn to the wrong thing to do
    G/F#           A
And I keep proving it

[Verse 3]

  D
The sky came apart with my guilt-stricken heart
   Em                  
Break me down, break me up
  D                                
We'll let freedom ring while the blacktop sings
   Em              D
In the sad baptist rain for us

[Chorus]
   G                                D
You're the exception, dear, I'm the rule
   G                             D
I traded love for a song like a fool
      Em                E/F#          G
I'm always drawn to the wrong thing to do
    G/F#           A
And I keep proving it

[Chorus]
   G                                D
We're the exception, dear, I'm the rule
   G                             D
I traded love for a song like a fool
      Em                E/F#          G
I'm always drawn to the wrong thing to do
    G/F#           A
And I keep proving it


[Chorus]
  G                                  D
The devil ain't nearly as real as he seems
   G                               D
Your name is a number I see in my dreams
  Em                 E/F#             G
Your heart is a dangerous, beautiful thing
  G/F#       A
I keep losing it