[Primeira Parte]

G
My cards are on the table, yours are in your hand
 C
Chances are, tonight, you've already got plans
    Am                  C
And chances are I will talk myself to sleep
  G
Again
             G
You give me just enough attention to keep my hopes too high
         C
Wishful thoughts forget to mention when something's really not right

    Am                      C
And I will block out these voices of reason
        G
In my head
                     C           G
And the voices say, "You are not the
     D
Exception
 C                        D
You will never learn your lesson"

[Refrão]

 G
Foolish one
  G
Stop checkin' your mailbox for
    C
Confessions of love
C
That ain't never gonna come
 Am
You will take the long way, you will take
               D
The long way down

[Segunda Parte]

  G
You know how to keep me waitin'
G
I know how to act like I'm fine
                   C
Don't know what to call this situation
C
But I know I can't call you mine
          Am                  C
And it's delicate, but I will do my best to
       G
Seem bulletproof
                G
'Cause when my head is on your shoulder
 G
It starts thinkin' you'll come around
            C
And maybe, someday, when we're older
  C
This is something we'll laugh about
      Am            C
Over coffee every mornin' while you're
               G  D
Watching the news
D                         C            G
But then the voices say, "You are not the
     D
Exception
 C                        D
You will never learn your lesson"

[Refrão]

G
Foolish one
  G
Stop checkin' your mailbox for
    C
Confessions of love
C
That ain't never gonna come
  Am
You will take the long way, you will take
              D
The long way down

G
Foolish one
  G
Stop checkin' your mailbox for
    C
Confessions of love
C
That ain't never gonna come
 Am
You will learn the hard way instead of just
          D
Walkin' out

[Ponte]

         Em
Now I'm slidin' down the wall with my
 C
Head in my hands
         G                    D
Sayin', "How could I not see the signs?"
                Em
Oh, you haven't written me or called
             C
But goodbye screamin' in the silence
          G                        D
And the voices in my head are tellin' me why
        G
'Cause you got her on your arm and me in the wings
     C
I'll get your longing glances, but she'll get your ring
    Am               C
And you will say you had the best of
      G
Intentions
     Am                  C           D
And maybe I will finally learn my lesson

[Refrão Final]

G
Foolish one
  G
Stop checkin' your mailbox for
    C
Confessions of love
C
That ain't never gonna come
  Am
You will take the long way, you will take
               D
The long way down
G
Foolish one
  G
Stop checkin' your mailbox for
    C
Confessions of love
C
That ain't never gonna come
 Am
You will learn the hard way instead of just
          D
Walkin' out, oh, oh, oh, oh

 G
La la la la la, la la la la, oh
  C
La la la la la
C
Ain't never gonna come
Am                                D
Ooh, you will learn the hard way now
G
Foolish one
G                              C
Sittin' 'round waiting for confessions of love
  C
They ain't never gonna come
     Am
And thinkin' he's the one, you should've
              D
Been walkin' out
G
Foolish one
G
The day is gonna come for your
     C
Confessions of love
                          Am
When all is said and done, he just wasn't the one
           D
No, he just wasn't the one