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"I was"
Neal McCoy
Album: The life of the party.
Transcribed by: santostovar@hotmail.com
G C F C
I drove up from a river town, it was late September early October.
G C F
C
Thought maybe I could clear my mind, and see the leaves turn red.
G C F
C
The tunes up and the window down, on the skyline drive when she flagged me
over.
G C F
C
"hallelujah what a beautiful morning" were the first words that she said.
D E F G
Her eyes were blue as the sky on a perfect blue ridge day.
D E F G
She said, I could use a lift, if your going my way..
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G A-E-A D E
A-E A D E
And I was.......I was headed south, I was headed out, headed nowhere, or
anywhere, we wanted to go.
F#M D E F#M D
E D
The road, stretched out in front of us. She was ready to run it just
like I was.
G C F
C
Told me she was twenty two, and she'd just been out of William and Mary.
G C F
C
Another summer under daddy's roof, was all that she could do.
G C F
C
Her boyfriend, she cut him lose. Too cold for a wedding in January.
G C F C
She said "that's enough about me, now tell about you"
D E F G
I rambled on, about broken hearts and staying too long.
D E F G
She said "I'm sorry but you were right to move on"
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D E F G
Aint it funny how, everything hinges on a twist of fate.
D E F G
she held my hand and said "aren't you amazed" .....
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