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[Intro]
A      B7     A      B7     E     A      E      B7
[Verse]
I was suEspicious Aabout Eyou
I had your Elove, the greatest Elove I ever B7knew
But you Enever took me Ain like I Eneeded
I'd catch you Ecrying for no B7reason but the EtruthE/F#  E/G#  
[Chorus]
And now the Aone that got aEway
F#mCame back toAday
And he Etook your love right G#mout from under B7me
I guess I Aknew you'd always Eloved him
But you Ene-E/F#ver   E/G#did   AsayAm  
And now the Eone that got C#maway
B7Came back Etoday
[Interlude]
A      B7     A      B7     E     A      E      B7
[Verse]
Now I'm Ehelpless with Anothin' left to Elose
Gone from Elover to E7yesterday's B7news
And if I Aask myself Etruly if E7you ever Aloved meAm  
Oh, the aEnswer it would kC#mill me
So I'll Edrink E/F#off   E/G#the   Amemory
Til' the Ewine leads me B7all the way EthroughE/F#  E/G#  
[Chorus]
Because the Aone that got Eaway
F#mCame back toAday
And he Etook your love right G#mout from under B7me
I guess I Aknew you'd always Eloved him
It was E7in your lyin' Aeyes
Silly Eme I didn't F#mmind
He was Eonly a name we don't sC#may
ABut the Eone that Agot Eaway
B7Came back toAdayAm  
The Eone that got C#maway
B7Came back Etoday

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The One That Got Away Came Back Today

by Daniel Romano

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E/F#

E/G#

F#m

G#m

C#m

[Intro]

A B7 A B7 E A E B7

[Verse]

E A E

I was suspicious about you

E E B7

I had your love, the greatest love I ever knew

E A E

But you never took me in like I needed

E B7 E E/F# E/G#

I'd catch you crying for no reason but the truth

[Chorus]

A E

And now the one that got away

F#m A

Came back today

E G#m B7

And he took your love right out from under me

A E

I guess I knew you'd always loved him

E E/F# E/G# A Am

But you ne-ver did say

E C#m

And now the one that got away

B7 E

Came back today

[Interlude]

A B7 A B7 E A E B7

[Verse]

E A E

Now I'm helpless with nothin' left to lose

E E7 B7

Gone from lover to yesterday's news

A E E7 A Am

And if I ask myself truly if you ever loved me

E C#m

Oh, the answer it would kill me

E E/F# E/G# A

So I'll drink off the memory

E B7 E E/F# E/G#

Til' the wine leads me all the way through

[Chorus]

A E

Because the one that got away

F#m A

Came back today

E G#m B7

And he took your love right out from under me

A E

I guess I knew you'd always loved him

E7 A

It was in your lyin' eyes

E F#m

Silly me I didn't mind

E C#m

He was only a name we don't say

A E A E

But the one that got away

B7 A Am

Came back today

E C#m

The one that got away

B7 E

Came back today

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