Her First Mistake Chords by Lyle Lovett

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Once [Eb] upon [B] a [Gm] time ago, [G] in [Eb] the land of the [Bb] sleet and snow, how [Eb] this fairy tale [Bb] would go I couldn't [Cm] have known.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ I had a search to run, it's a world so [G] mean, [C] living [Eb] standard [Bb] _ _ [Cm] palestine, trying to pursue [Bb] my dream of _
[Cm] love.
_ [Gm] _ It was [Cm] then I met this [Bb] girl so fine, she [Bbm] made me [Cm] think so fast, I [Gm] left my [Eb] thoughts behind, and I tried [Gm] to [Bbm] pass for a _ [C]
sophisticated [A] [Gm] northern man.
[Bbm] I said, why yes my [Eb] dear, I know [Bb] exactly what you [Bbm] need, because there's not [Eb] so much I [Gm] haven't done or [G] seen.
May [Eb] I say [Bbm] your eyes are the [Eb] loveliest _ _
[F] [Gm] shade, _ [Ab] Jade.
I said, come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ oh come on [Ebm] baby, [Ab] _ oh _ come [Eb] on [Ab] baby.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [G] It was then [Eb] I knew I had [Gm] made my first [G] mistake, [Cm] she did not [F] even [Gm] start to wait, [Db] and as [Cm] she turned around to [Gm] walk away, this [G] is what she [Eb] had to say.
[Gm] She [Eb] told me, man I come from [Gm] way down south, [Eb] I've got a picket fence [Gm] with a picket [G] house, [Eb] and I don't need no [Gm] fast talking [Eb] northern man like you [Gm] around.
I [Ab] said, come on [Eb] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ oh come [Eb] on baby, [Ab] _ oh _ come [Eb] on [Ab] baby.
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_ _ [G] Honey, [Eb] I don't know [Gm] just what you heard, but [Eb] _ _ Alabama [Gm] is my [G] favorite [Eb] word, and _ [Gm] Birmingham is [G] long.
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[Gm] _ I [Bbm] could [C] see her [Eb] light began to shine, [Bbm] she turned [Cm] back [F] around, her [G] eyes met mine, and [Cm] suddenly the whole [Bb] world became a [Eb] _ _
better [Gm] place, [Eb] even if it was only [F] for an [Gm] instant.
Because it was then I knew I had made [Cm] my _ second [Gm] mistake, [G] she told me, [Eb] man that was a [Gm] real good [G] try, but [Eb] _ Alabama's not where [Gm] I [Bbm] reside, I [Eb] come from where the river [Gm] is [Db] wide and [Cm] the crawfish hide.
[Gm] _ [Ab] I said, _ come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ oh come on [Ebm] baby, [G] _ [Ab] oh come on [Ebm]
[G] baby.
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_ _ Honey, [Eb] I don't know just [Gm] what you [Bb] heard, but [Eb] _ Louisiana [Gm] is my [G] favorite [Eb] word, and New [Gm] Orleans [C] is [Eb] a long [Gm] way from here.
[G] She just looked [Eb] at me and she [Gm] shook her [Bbm] head, your lines [Eb] are pretty sad, she [G] said, you [Eb] are a lonely, [Gm] weak, [G] pathetic man, this [Eb] is doing the [Cm] best you [Gm] can.
It was then I knew I had made my third mistake, yes, [Eb] three strikes [Gm] right [Db] across the plate, [Eb] and as I hollered, honey, [Gm] _ _ [G] [Eb] please wait, she was [Gm] gone.
[Ab] I said, come on [Ebm] baby, [Ab] _ _ _ oh come on [B] baby, [Fm] _ oh come [Ebm] on baby.
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_ _ [Bbm] Honey, [Eb] I don't know just what you heard, _ bartender said, I'm [Gm] up on my favorite [Ebm] words, [Cm] because the [Gm] love I need is [Db] a [Eb] long _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ way from [Gm] here.
Yes, [Fm] well there I [Eb] sat so [Gm] all [Db] alone, like a king [Eb] who sits upon his throne, and whose kingdom may have [Ab] just gone [Db] home [Cm] with _ another [Gm] kingdom.
[G] So as [Eb] you can imagine, much to [Gm] my [G] surprise, [Eb] when the door was [Gm] flung back open wide, [Eb] it was a miracle, she [Gm] walked [G] [Eb] inside and pulled her chair up [Gm] next to me.
[G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ And [Gm] _ _ [Eb] that's when she knew [Gm] she had [Bbm] made her _ [Eb] _ first [Gm] _ [Ab] mistake.
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_ _ [Eb] Honey, I don't know just what you heard, but come on baby, [Gm] all my favorite [Eb] words, and where we're [Gm] going [G] is a [Eb] long _ _
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[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ way from _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [G] here.
I don't know how this [F] fairy tale would [Bb] finally [Bbm] go, still [Eb] the only certain [Gm] thing for [G] sure is what [Eb] I do not [Bb] know.
So like the [Eb] years and [Ab] all the [Gm] seasons [Eb] pass, and like the sand [Cm] runs through [Gm] the [G] hourglass, [Eb] I just keep on [G] running [Bbm] faster, chasing [C] the [Eb] happening I am ever after.
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[Gm] I [G] just [Eb] keep on running [Gm] faster, [G] chasing the [Cm] happening I am [Gm] ever [G] after.
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