She Was Chords by Mark Chesnutt

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She started her new life, [Eb] ten dollars in debt.
[Ab] That's all it took to [Bb] get started [Eb] back then.
[Ab] A trip to the courthouse [Eb] across the state line.
[Bb] No one could stop her, she'd made up her mind.
[Ab] He was eighteen, and [Bb] she wasn't.
But [Eb] she said she was, and never thought twice.
_ Came [Ab] back home as my [Bb] daddy's wife.
She just shook [Eb] her head when her mama said,
Are [Cm] you sure [Ab] he's the one [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] she wants?
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[Ab] He took the job, [Bb] and farmed on [Eb] the side.
[Ab] He made the ends meet, [Bb] but she kept [Eb] them tied.
[Ab] Changes were coming [Gm] to their little world.
[Bb] She said, what would you like, a boy or a girl?
And [Ab] he said, are you?
_ _ [Bb] _ _ She said [Eb] she was, and never [Gm] thought twice.
About taking [Ab] the next step and building [Bb] their lives.
Soon they [Eb] were free, and she tried [Cm] to be everything.
[Ab] She was, [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] and [Eb] she was.
_ _ [Ab] Those precious [Bb] moments turned into years,
And [Eb] what seemed like [Gm] the blink [Cm] of an eye.
_ _ [Ab] I held her hand as [Eb] I leaned down to ask her,
[Fm] Mama, are you ready [Bb] to say goodbye?
_ _ _ She said [Eb] she was, but she thought twice.
_ Holding [Ab] my hand as she let go [Bb] alive.
Daddy [Eb] always said, a woman [Cm] like her would be hard to [Ab] give up.
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] She was, _ [Ab] she was.
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[Fm] If there ever was a picture [Bb] of love, _ _ she [Cm] was. _ _
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