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Standard tuning, no capo
INTRO
  G    D|    Em7Cadd9/D/Cadd9     G  G  
VERSE 1 
I GSent her some flowers Dway too Cadd9late 
Oh she Gfell for the thorns and that Cadd9sweet bouqDuet 
I Gcouldn't make a difference Din the difference i Cadd9made. D  
VERSE 2
GShe used to hold me till DI let Cadd9go 
I Gwould've held her longer if Cadd9id only Dknown 
I Gtook fer granted sDhed take to another Cadd9man..  oh Dno 
CHORUS
I Gcan see clearly now aDll my mistakes 
             Em7                     Cadd9       Cadd9/D/G
From the the pain of his heartachin' love on her face 
Shes fGound someone new Dgive all and take 
Shes Cadd9holdin' the differenceD..   I didn't Gmake
BREAK
 D    Cadd9|     G   Cadd9   D    Cadd9    G  G  
VERSE 3
What she Gsees in him cDoulda' been Cadd9me 
If I Gtook the time to Cadd9give her all she Dneeds 
A Gchange of heart, a Dnew attitude and eCadd9verything he did that Di didn't do
CHORUS
GI can see clearly now aDll my mistakes 
        Em7                    Cadd9         Cadd9/D/G 
and the pain of his heartachin' love on her face 
Shes fGound someone new Dgive all and take 
                          Cadd9             D       Gwalk down fill-  (  Cadd9\    B   G\  F#)
Oh, shes holdin' the difference   I didn't make
BRIDGE
NDext time if there's a Cadd9next time 
I'll Dmake the time to make a Cadd9scene 
The Dlast time was the Em7last time she wont Cadd9see the difference in Dme   
CHORUS
Oh GI can see clearly now Dall my mistakes 
Through the Em7pain of his heartachin' Cadd9love on her Dface 
Shes Gfound someone new Dgive all and take 
Oh, shes Cadd9holdin' the Ddifference
Yea shes Cadd9holdin the diDfference 
              Cadd9D(stop)      D    Cadd9        G     D  
Oh shes holdin the difference  I didn't make
OUTRO
Em7  Cadd9/D/Cadd9   G  G

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The Difference

by Jason Aldean

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Em7

Cadd9

Standard tuning, no capo

INTRO

G D Em7 G G

| Cadd9/D/Cadd9

VERSE 1

G D Cadd9

I Sent her some flowers way too late

G Cadd9 D

Oh she fell for the thorns and that sweet bouquet

G D Cadd9 D

I couldn't make a difference in the difference i made.

VERSE 2

G D Cadd9

She used to hold me till I let go

G Cadd9 D

I would've held her longer if id only known

G D Cadd9 D

I took fer granted shed take to another man.. oh no

CHORUS

G D

I can see clearly now all my mistakes

Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9/D/G

From the the pain of his heartachin' love on her face

G D

Shes found someone new give all and take

Cadd9 D G

Shes holdin' the difference.. I didn't make

BREAK

D Cadd9 G Cadd9 D Cadd9 G G

VERSE 3

G D Cadd9

What she sees in him coulda' been me

G Cadd9 D

If I took the time to give her all she needs

G D Cadd9 D

A change of heart, a new attitude and everything he did that i didn't do

CHORUS

G D

I can see clearly now all my mistakes

Em7 Cadd9 Cadd9/D/G

and the pain of his heartachin' love on her face

G D

Shes found someone new give all and take

Cadd9 D G Cadd9 B G F#

walk down fill- ( \ \ )

Oh, shes holdin' the difference I didn't make

BRIDGE

D Cadd9

Next time if there's a next time

D Cadd9

I'll make the time to make a scene

D Em7 Cadd9 D

The last time was the last time she wont see the difference in me

CHORUS

G D

Oh I can see clearly now all my mistakes

Em7 Cadd9 D

Through the pain of his heartachin' love on her face

G D

Shes found someone new give all and take

Cadd9 D

Oh, shes holdin' the difference

Cadd9 D

Yea shes holdin the difference

Cadd9 D Cadd9 G D

D(stop)

Oh shes holdin the difference I didn't make

OUTRO

Em7 Cadd9/D/Cadd9 G G

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