Tuning: standard with capo on 2nd

ALternatively, you can play barre chords like so without the capo
The real version is played without a capo and using barre chords

              
           e|-
           B|-
           G|-
           D|-
           A|-
           E|-

     
7----9-----7--
7----10----9--
8----11----8--
9----11----9--
9----9-----7--
7----9-----7--

   
----0------4--
----0------5--
----2------6--
----2------6--
----0------4--
----2------4--

   
-2---0---|
-2---0---|
-3---1---|
-4---2---|
-4---2---|
-2---0---|
In place of:                       


[Intro]
        x2


[Verse 1]
             
When I was you

              
nger I saw my 

            
daddy cry and 

             
curse at the w


ind.
             
He broke his o

              
wn heart and I

              
 watched as he

            
 tried to re-a

        
ssemble it.
             
And my mamma s

              
wore she that 

              
would never le

           
t herself forg


et.
             
And that was t

              
he day that I 

              
promised I'd n

             
ever sing of l


ove if it does

 not
 
exist. But dar

ling..


[Chorus]

You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
            
You are the on

             
ly exception


[Verse 2]
              
Maybe I know s

              
omewhere deep 

            
in my soul tha

              
t love never l


asts.
             
And we've got 

              
to find other 

              
ways to make i

            
t alone or kee

             
p a straight f


ace.
             
And I've alway

              
s lived like t

              
his keeping a 

           
comfortable, d


istance.
             
And up until n

              
ow I had sworn

              
 to myself tha

            
t I'm content 

           
with lonelines


s,
       
'cause none of

 it was ever w

orth the risk.


[Chorus]
     
Well you are t

he only except

ion
           
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception


[Bridge]
            x2

           
I've got a tig

ht grip on rea

lity,
              
But I can't le

             
t go of what's

              
 in front of m

  
e here.
              
I know you're 


leaving in the

 morning when 

you wake up,
             
Leave me with 

              
some kind of p

              
roof it's not 

  
a dream.
   
whoa


[Chorus]

You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception


You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
           
You are the on

ly exception


[Outro]
             
And I'm on my 

             
way to believi

  
ng
             
Oh, and I'm on

             
 my way to bel

      
ieving