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I Was chords by
Neal Mccoy
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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G

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C
C

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Drove up from a rivertown,
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it was late September early October
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Thought maybe I could clear my
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mind and see the leaves turn red
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C
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Tunes up and the window down
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On the skyline drive
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C

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when she flagged me over
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G

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C

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?Hallelujah what a beautiful

morning?
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Were the first words that she said
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D

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Em
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Her eyes were blue as the sky
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on a perfect blue ridge day
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She said, ?I could use a lift
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if you're going my way?, and
Verse 2
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D
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I was, I was headed south,
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I was headed out
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A

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E

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A

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Headed nowhere or anywhere
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D

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E

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we wanted to go
F#m
F#m
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E

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C#
C#
4

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F#m
F#m
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The road stretched out in front of us
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A

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E

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D

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And she was ready to run it just like I was
Verse 3
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Told me she was twenty- two
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And she'd just broken
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C

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out of William and Mary
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Another summer under Daddy's
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roof that was all that she could do
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Her boyfriend, she cut him loose
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Too cold for a wedding in January
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She said, ?That's enough about
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me now tell me about you?
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D

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E

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F
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I rambled on about broken
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G

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hearts and staying too long
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She said, ?I'm sorry,
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but you were right to move on?, and
Verse 4
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I was, I was headed south,
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I was headed out
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A

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Headed nowhere or anywhere
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we wanted to go
F#m
F#m
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E

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Fdim
Fdim
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F#m
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The road stretched out in front of us
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E

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And she was ready to run it just
Interlude 1

like I was
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A

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Verse 5
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Em
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Ain't it funny how everything
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hinges on a twist of fate
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She held my hand and said
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G

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aren't you amazed and
Verse 6
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A

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I was, I was headed south,
E
E

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I was headed out
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A

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Headed nowhere or anywhere
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E
E

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we wanted to go
F#m
F#m
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D
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The road stretched
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Fdim
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F#m
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out in front of us
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And she was ready to run it just
Outro 1

like I was
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A

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • F

  • Em

  • A

  • E

  • F#m

    2

  • C#

    4

  • Fdim

    3

  • Bb

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of I Was by Neal McCoy is D major.

The primary chords used in I Was are D, G, C, F, Em, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, C, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of I Was is approximately 82 beats per minute.

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