Her First Mistake chords by Lyle Lovett
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Intro 1
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major)
Once upon (A minor) a time
Verse 1
(D major) ago
(G major) Way up (C major) in the (A minor) land of (D major) sleet (G major) and snow (C major)
How this fairy (A minor) (D major) would go
(G major) I could not (C major) have know (A minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major) I had
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Verse 2
(C major) searched around (A minor)
this world (D major) so (G major) mean
(C major) From Living (A minor) stone to (D major) Palestine (G major)
(C major) Trying (A minor) to pur (D major) sue my (G major) dream
(C major) Of love (A minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 3
It was (C major) then I (A minor) met this girl (D major) so fine
(G major) She made (C major) me think so (A minor) fast
(D major) I left my (G major) thoughts be (C major) hind
(A minor) And I tried (D major) to pass (G major) for
(C major) a sophist (A minor) icated
(D major) Northern man
(G major) I said
Verse 4
(C major) yes my dear,
(A minor) I know ex (D major) actly what (G major) you mean
Because (C major) there's not so (A minor) much
I (D major) haven't done (G major) or seen
And (C major) may I say (A minor) your eyes (D major) are
(G major) the loveli (C major) est (A minor)
Shade (G major) of Jade
Verse 5
I (F major) said well come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby
(D major) (G major)
Verse 6
(C major) It was then I (A minor) knew I had
(D major) made my first (G major) mistake
(C major) She did (A minor) not even (D major) start to (G major) wait
(C major) As she turned (A minor) around (D major) to walk away (G major)
This is (C major) what she (A minor) had to say (D major)
(G major) She told me
Verse 7
(C major) man I (A minor) come
from way (D major) down (G major) South
I've (C major) got a pick (A minor) et fence
with a picket (G major) house
And (A minor) I don't need no fast
(G major) talking North (C major) ern (A minor) man
Like you around (D major)
(G major) I said well
Verse 8
(F major) come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby
(D major)
Verse 9
(G major)
Honey (C major) I don't know (A minor)
(D major) what you just heard (G major)
But (C major) Alabama (A minor) is (G major) my favorite word (C major)
And (A minor) Birmingham
(G major) Is a long (C major) (F major) (A minor) way from (D major) here (G major)
Verse 10
I could (C major) see the light (A minor) began (D major) to shine (G major)
She turned (F major) (C major) back (A minor) around her (D major) eyes (G major) met mine
(C major) And suddenly (A minor) the whole (D major) world (G major) became
(C major) (A minor) A bet (D major) ter place
(G major) Even if
Verse 11
(C major) it was only (A minor) for (D major) an instant
(G major) Because (C major) it was then (A minor) I knew
(D major) I had (G major) made (C major) my (A minor)
Second (D major) mistake
(G major) She told me
Verse 12
(C major) man (A minor) that
was a real good (G major) try
But Alabama's (C major) (A minor) not where I (G major) reside
I (C major) come from (F major) where the river (D minor) is (G major) wide
And the craw (C major) fish (A minor) hide (D major)
(G major) I said well
Verse 13
(F major) come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby
(D major)
Verse 14
(G major)
Honey (C major) I don't know (A minor)
what you just (D major) (G major) heard
But Louisiana (A minor) (D major) is my (G major) favorite (C major) word
(A minor) And New Or (G major) leans
Is (C major) a long (F major) way (A minor) from (G major) here
Verse 15
She just (C major) looked at (A minor) me
and shook (D major) her head (G major)
Your (C major) lines (F major) are pretty (D major) sad (G major) she said
(C major) You are a lonely, (A minor) weak (D major) , pathetic (G major) man
(C major) If this is (A minor) doing the be (D major) st you can
(G major) It was
Verse 16
(C major) then I (A minor) knew I had
(D major) made my third (G major) mistake
(C major) Yes three (A minor) strikes right (G major) across the plate
(C major) And as (A minor) I hollered honey
(C major) please (G major) (C major) wait (A minor)
She was gone (G major)
Verse 17
I said (F major) well come on baby
Come on baby
Come on baby
(D major)
Verse 18
(G major)
Honey (C major) I don't know (A minor)
what you just (D major) heard (G major)
Bar (C major) tender (A minor) set 'em up (D major)
are my (G major) favorite (C major) words
(A minor) Because the love (G major) I need
Is a long (F major) way (A minor) from (G major) here
Verse 19
Oh the (C major) love I (A minor) need
Is (D major) a long (G major) (C major) (A minor) way (D major) from (G major) here
Verse 20
Yes well (C major) there I sat (A minor) so (D major) all alone (G major)
Like (C major) a king who (A minor) sits upon (D major) his (G major) throne
(C major) And whose kingdom (F major) may (D major)
have just (G major) gone home
(C major) With (A minor) another (D major) kingdom
(G major) So as you
Verse 21
(C major) can imagine (A minor)
much to (D major) my (G major) surprise
(C major) When the door (A minor) was flung
(D major) back open (G major) wide
(C major) It was a mir (A minor) acle
She walked (G major) inside
And (C major) pulled her (A minor) chair up next
to (G major) (C major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) me
Verse 22
And that's (C major) when she (A minor) knew
(D major) She had (C major) made (A minor) her
First (D major) mis (G major) take
Interlude 1
(F major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 23
Honey (C major) I don't (A minor) know
(D major) what you just heard (G major) (C major)
But come (A minor) on baby
(D major) Are my (G major) favorite (C major) word (A minor) s
And where we're go (G major) ing
Is a long (F major) way (A minor) from (G major) here
Verse 24
And where we're (C major) going (A minor)
Is a (D major) long (G major) (C major) way (D major) from (G major) here
Verse 25
So like (C major) I said before
I (A minor) could (D major) not have (G major) known
How (C major) this fairy tale (A minor) would (D major) finally (G major) go
(C major) Still the only (A minor) cer (D major) tain thing (G major) for sure
(C major) Is what I (A minor) do not know (D major)
(G major) So like the
Verse 26
(C major) years and (A minor) all
the season (G major) s pass
And (C major) like the sand run (A minor) s
through the (C major) hour glass
I just keep on running faster (G major)
Chas (C major) ing the hap (A minor) pily
(D major) I am ever (G major) after (C major) (A minor)
(G major) I just
Verse 27
(C major) keep on (A minor) running faster
(G major) Chasing (C major) the happily (A minor)
I am (D major) ever (G major) after
Outro 1
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(C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (C major)
Her First Mistake
Lyle Lovett
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