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[Intro]
G   C  Em   G   C  Em  G   C  Em   G   C   Em
[Verse 1]
GThere's something hCaunting Emme rGunning Amon thin icEme
It's nGothing Cyou cEman see I do Gall I cAman to hideEm  
And Gall the roClling dEmays aGll tAmhe lonely nEmights
GYou don't Cknow your Emplace Gall Amthe fEmights
[Pre-Chorus]
GI keep on Creading Emthe same chapter
GI cannot bCreathe Emholding hiding trGuth
You always kCnow wEmhen just to say let go
[Chorus]
To me you aGre the oCnly oEmne
Who can hGelp uCnwind my tEmangled  mind
I am the Gseed but yCou're the Emsun
I'm telling GanyboCdy tell Emeverybody
GDo dCo do Emdo do Gdo dCo dEmo
[Verse 2]
GDid they tell ya man that Cyou can't Emfly
Did they Gclip your wings Cwhen you did Emtry
Did they Gsay you could Cwhen you know you Emcan't
Did you Gbuild your castles oCut of sEmand
[Pre-Chorus]
GI keep on Creading Emthe same chapter
GI cannot bCreathe Emholding hiding trGuth
You always kCnow wEmhen just to say let go
[Chorus]
To me you aGre the oCnly oEmne
Who can hGelp uCnwind my tEmangled  mind
I am the Gseed but Cyou're the Emsun
I'm telling GanyboCdy tell Emeverybody
GDo dCo do Emdo do Gdo dCo dEmo

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Only One

by John Butler Trio

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G C Em G C Em G C Em G C Em

[Verse 1]

G C Em G Am Em

There's something haunting me running on thin ice

G C Em G Am Em

It's nothing you can see I do all I can to hide

G C Em G Am Em

And all the rolling days all the lonely nights

G C Em G Am Em

You don't know your place all the fights

[Pre-Chorus]

G C Em

I keep on reading the same chapter

G C Em G

I cannot breathe holding hiding truth

C Em

You always know when just to say let go

[Chorus]

G C Em

To me you are the only one

G C Em

Who can help unwind my tangled mind

G C Em

I am the seed but you're the sun

G C Em

I'm telling anybody tell everybody

G C Em G C Em

Do do do do do do do do

[Verse 2]

G C Em

Did they tell ya man that you can't fly

G C Em

Did they clip your wings when you did try

G C Em

Did they say you could when you know you can't

G C Em

Did you build your castles out of sand

[Pre-Chorus]

G C Em

I keep on reading the same chapter

G C Em G

I cannot breathe holding hiding truth

C Em

You always know when just to say let go

[Chorus]

G C Em

To me you are the only one

G C Em

Who can help unwind my tangled mind

G C Em

I am the seed but you're the sun

G C Em

I'm telling anybody tell everybody

G C Em G C Em

Do do do do do do do do

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