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[Intro]
E  B  A
E  B  A
[Verse]
Somethings you underEstand
Somethings you never Bdo
It's all out of our Ehands
And that's the only Atruth
I wonder where you Eare
I wonder where we'd Bbeen
If I could have changed your Emind
And you were still in love with Ame
I could search forEever
For all the reasons Dwhy
I couldn't make you Aneed me
No matter how I Btried
[CHORUS]
AGod Bonly Eknows
What hearts have to Bbreak
What tears have to C#mfall
Why we make Amistakes
So BI'll go on Efaith
And just walk Baway
And maybe someC#mday
I'll learn to let Ago
        B   E( A2nd time)
God only knows
One minute at a Etime
A little every Bday
I start to recogEnize
The me that slipped aAway
Cause I got so lost inEside you
I almost lost myDself
Maybe someone Aknew
That I needed someone Belse
Why we do the things we Edo
The roads we have to Dtake
The changes we go Bthrough

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God Only Knows

by Hillary Scott

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[Intro]

E B A

[Verse]

Somethings you understand

Somethings you never do

It's all out of our hands

And that's the only truth

I wonder where you are

I wonder where we'd been

If I could have changed your mind

And you were still in love with me

I could search forever

For all the reasons why

I couldn't make you need me

No matter how I tried

[CHORUS]

A B E

God only knows

What hearts have to break

C#m

What tears have to fall

Why we make mistakes

B E

So I'll go on faith

And just walk away

C#m

And maybe someday

I'll learn to let go

B E A

( 2nd time)

God only knows

One minute at a time

A little every day

I start to recognize

The me that slipped away

Cause I got so lost inside you

I almost lost myself

Maybe someone knew

That I needed someone else

Why we do the things we do

The roads we have to take

The changes we go through

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