Now I Understand
Lisa Loeb - The Way It Really Is

I am not 100% convinced that this is correct, but it makes for a really nice sounding acoustic version.

Capo 4

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      Oh, when I turned five I     got a piece of cake,  the corner

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 with the rose.         I leaned in close,


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and I told him that I loved him, and he ran.

           G              C      
It made my heart stop.

           G            C
It made my heart stop.


G            Bm                          Em
Now I understand that my heart doesn’t stop,

               A                    C 
even though it feels like it could explode.


G          Bm                                                       
Now I understand that my heart,

         A                    C
it beats on and on and on.


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        And in the afternoon I     put on my best swimming suit,
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and spied across the pool at all my friends,


A                C                         G    
but I sat on the steps, in the shallow end alone

           G/F#          Em
because my heart stopped.

           C
It made my heart stop.

(Slap guitar if it helps with the "heart beat" effect)

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I didn’t get what I expected.

                              Em
Reached out and I got rejected.

                                       C
I couldn’t have it cause I checked it off.

G
Felt sad, I didn’t understand it.

G/F#
Why would this happen to me?

Em
But my heart, it didn’t stop,

C
it beat on and on and on.


G            Bm                          Em
Now I understand that my heart doesn’t stop,

               A                    C 
even though it feels like it could explode.


G          Bm                                                       
Now I understand that my heart,

         A                    C
it beats on and on and on.