Ray LaMontagne – Lesson Learned (Guitar)

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Well the truth it fell so heavy

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Like a hammer through the room

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That I could choose another over her

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You always said I was an actor, baby

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Guess in truth you thought me just amateur

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That you never saw the signs

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That you never lost your grip

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Oh, come on now

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That's such a childish claim

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Now I wear the brand of traitor

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Don't it seem a bit absurd

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When it's clear I was so obviously framed

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When it's clear I was so obviously framed

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Now you act so surprised

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To hear what you already know

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And all you really had to do was ask

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I'd have told you straight away

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All those lies were truth

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And all that was false was fact

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Now you hold me close and hard

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But I was like a statue at most

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Refusing to acknowledge you'd been hurt

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Now you're clawing at my throat

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And you're crying all is lost

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But your tears they felt so hot upon my shirt

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But your tears they felt so hot upon my shirt

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Well the truth it fell so heavy

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Like a hammer through the room

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That I could choose another over her

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You always said I was an actor, baby

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Guess in truth you thought me just amateur

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Was it you who told me once

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Now looking back it seems so real

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That all our mistakes are merely grist for the mill

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So why is it now after I had my fill

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That you steal from me the sorrow that I've earned

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Shall we call this a lesson learned?

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Shall we call this a lesson learned?