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Nothing But A Heartache Chords by Neil Diamond 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It wasn't nothing but a heartache,
                              G
In the middle of a bad dream.
                                A
Like I took on the whole world
                               D
And I never had a chance, girl.
 
Was a one-way conversation,
                            G
I never got the invitation,
                                                  A
The sharpness of her words deceiving
                         D
And I couldn't stop the bleeding...
 
[Chorus 1]
    up                                   G
And Lord, I tried to be forgiving,
                                                        A
But getting by don't mean you're living,
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And on that highway going nowhere.
    up                       A
Was an exit overdue.
                                              G
And all she had to give was heartache
 A          break                       D   G           D
So she broke my heart in two. Yes, she did!
 
[Verse 2]
 A     down                                D
You found me drifting in a small boat
                                 G
In the middle of an ocean
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you were there on my horizon
  
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And I didn't have a notion.
 
Unprepared to comprehended,
    up                           G
Felt alone and not attended,
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Said my prayers and reached my hand out,
                                                 D
And you appeared to me that day...
 
[Chorus 2]
    up                                 G
Came and led me to a new shore
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I had never been there before¨
                                  G
Put me in the right direction
   up                                    A
And you led me out of Hell
                                          G
And if it wasn't for your good heart
 A                                      D    no space
I'd have never broke her spell,
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'cause you promised me tomorrow,
 A            pause                    D
And I learned that lesson well.
 G                D                 A
  Yes, I did.   Oh, Yes, I did.
 
[Solo]
 D  D  G  G  A  A  D  D
 
[Outro]
     up                              G
You're the sum of my heartbeats
      up                                    A
You're the only truth my heart needs
                                             G
Showed me how to make a journey
                          up     A
I can't let you walk away, no, not today!
                                            G
'Cause I already slept with heartache
 A                                  D    no space
Try to chase the night away.
                                    G   
Just the two of us together
 A         pause                    D
Does forever sounds okay?
 G                     D
   Say, "Yes, it does."
 G                     D
   Say, "Yes, it does."
 G                  D    A D
   Oh, yes it does!