Chords for Her First Mistake - Lyle Lovett

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Once upon a [Bb] time ago way up [Cm] in the land [Eb] of [Gm] the sleet and [C] snow
How this fairy [Eb] tale [Bb] would go [Eb] I could not [Cm] have known
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[Bb] I [Eb] had a [C] search to run this [Bb] world so mean
[C] From living stunned to [Bb] a palisade
_ [Cm] Trying [F] to pursue [Bb] my [Eb] dream of _ [Cm] _ _ love
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_ [Eb] Then [Cm] I met [F] this [Bb] girl so fine she made [C] me think so fast
I [Gm] left my thoughts [C] behind and I tried [Gm] to [Eb] pass
For a sophisticated [F] _ [Bb] northern man [Eb] I said why [Cm] yes my dear
I know [F] exactly [Bb] what you [Eb] mean Because there's [C] not so [F] much I [Gm] haven't done or [C] seen
May I save your [Bbm] eyes of the [Cm] loveliest _ _ [Gm] shape [Ab] of jade
I said come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _
oh come on [Ebm] baby, [Ab] _
oh _ come [Eb] on _ [Ab] baby
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Oh [Eb] goodness, cause [Cm] then I knew I had [Bb] made my first [Eb] mistake
She [Cm] did not [F] even [Bb] start to wait and as [Cm] she turned [F] around to walk away
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This is what she [F] had to say [Bb] She [Cm] told me man I come from [Gm] way down south
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I've got a picket fence [Gm] with a [Cm] picket house
And I don't need no [Gm] fast talking [Cm]
northern man like you [Gm] around
I [Ab] said well come on baby, _ _ _ oh come on baby, _ oh come on baby
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] Honey [Cm] I don't know [F] just what [Gm] you [Cm] heard but
Alabama _ [Gm] is my [Eb] favorite [Cm] word and _ [Eb] Birmingham [Gm] is [G] a [Cm] long _ [Gm] way from here
[Eb] Well I could [Cm] see her [F] light began [Gm] to shine [C] She turned back [F] around her [Gm] eyes met [C]
mine
And suddenly the whole [Bb] _ [Eb] world became a _ _ better place
Even if it was only [F] for an [Gm] instant [Eb] because it was then I [F] knew [Gm] I had [Eb] made my _ _ [F] second [Gm] mistake
She [Eb] told me [Cm] man that was a [Gm] real good [Bbm] try but [Cm] _ Alabama's not where [Bb] I reside
[C] I come from where the [Gm] river is wide [Eb] and [Cm] _ crawfish [Gm] hide
I [Ab] said well come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _
oh come on baby, _ oh come on baby
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Honey I [Cm] don't know just [Gm] what you heard [Eb] but [Cm] _ Louisiana _ [Gm] is my [Cm] favorite word
And [Gm] New Orleans is [Eb]
[C] a long [Gm] way from here Well [Bbm] she just [Cm] looked at me [Bb] and she shook her [C] head
Your _ lines are pretty [Gm] sad she [Eb] said you are [Cm] a [F] lonely weak [Gm] pathetic [Db]
man
[Cm] This is doing [F] best you [Gm] can [Eb] because [Cm] it was then I knew [F] I had made my [Cm] third mistake
Yes three strikes [Gm] right [Db] across the [Cm] plate and as I hollered [Gm] honey _ [C] please wait
But she was [Gm] gone I [Ab] said well come on baby, _ _ _ oh come on baby, oh come on baby
Come on baby, _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] well honey [Cm] I don't know just [Bb] what you [Eb] heard
Bartender set them up [Gm] are my [Bb]
favorite [Cm] words
Because the [Bb] love I need is a [Cm] long _ way [Gm] from here
[Eb] Oh the love I [F] need is a _ [G] long _ [Cm] _ [F] way [C] from here
Yes well there I sat so [Gm] all alone [Eb] like a [Cm] king who [F] sits upon [Bb] his [Eb] throne
[Cm] And whose kingdom [F] may [Bb] have just [Eb] gone home [Cm] without _ [Eb] another [Gm] kingdom
So [F] as [Cm] you can imagine much to [Gm] my surprise [Bbm]
[Cm] When the door was [Gm] flung back open [Cm] wide it was a miracle
[Gm] She walked [Bbm] inside [Cm] and pulled her chair up [Gm] next to me
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[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] And that's when [Cm] she [Eb] knew [Gm] she had [Eb] made her [Cm] _ _ [Eb] first [Bb] mistake
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Well honey [Cm] I don't [F] know just what [Bb] you [Eb] heard but [Cm] oh come on baby [Bb] are my favorite _ [Cm] words
And where [Eb] we're going is [Bbm]
a [Cm] long _ way [Gm] from here [Eb] And where we're [Cm] going to is [Gm] a [Eb] long _ [Cm] _ _ way [Gm] from here
[C] So like I said before I could [Bb] not have known [C]
How this fairy tale would [Bb] finally [C] go
Still the only certain [Bb] thing for [Eb] sure is [C] what I do not know
[Bb] So [Cm] like the years and all the [Gm] seasons [Eb] pass And like [Cm] the sand [A] runs through [Bb] the [Eb] hourglass
I [Cm] just keep on [Gm] running faster [C]
chasing the happily I [Gm] am ever [Bb]
after
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] I [G] just [Cm] keep on running [Gm] faster [Db] chasing the [Cm] happily [F] I am [Bb] ever [Bbm] after
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