Key: E
Introduction:
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And sometimes, the most beautiful
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pain in life is the kind you can't disguise or hide.
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And the hard truth about life. If I'm not
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Allowed to give up on mine,
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You are not allowed to not even try.
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One day at a time, you'll have to remake
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The same decision as the one I made last night.
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You and I have already started to die.
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And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
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And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
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But for the record I?ve found the reason for mine.
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And sometimes, we need to find a
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Reason for the pain in our own lives. Oh, and
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Mine was you and I promise this song is a place for the truth.
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We can?t keep hiding and hurting. I know I?ve tried to.
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One day at a time, we just might have to remake
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The decision every day for the rest of life.
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You and I have already started to die.
Em7 G C9 G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
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And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
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But for the record I?ve finally found the reason for mine.
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And for the record, I'm in California still writing one
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Day at a time. And for the record,
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I refuse to be ashamed of all my scars.
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You and I are both the same.
(switch to finger-picking)
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We've already cheated death so many times.
(electric guitars kick in, palm muted versions of the same chords)
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If we?re going to die, why not cheat it again tonight?
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You and I have already started to die.
Em G C9 G
And now that I understand, why I've never felt quite so alive.
Em G C9 G
And I feel like I've sang about scars a hundred times
Em G C9 G
But for the record I?ve found the reason for mine.