If You Had To Choose chords by Cody Johnson, Roger Creager

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Once I had me a woman
and everything was going my way
She thought I had hung the moon
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and she had an angel's face
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One night I pulled in my drive
and something was going on
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There was a long bed forward in my spot
that I damn sure didn't know
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I walked up to the screen door
and I heard this awful noise
I moved on to the living room
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and there sat my two boys
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I said, where's mama?
and they both pointed to the
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bedroom down the hall
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And I ain't never been a fightin' man,
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but red was all I saw
See, brother, cause I've been
down and I've been out
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and I know how it feels
To stand up for what you think is right
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and get knocked off your heels
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And if murderin' a man who
didn't understand
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just what she meant to me
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Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
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Well, then, mister,
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I'm as guilty as can be
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Well, I wish I had me a picture
Of what his face looked like
When I kicked in my bedroom door
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and raised my 45
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I said, I  ain't the kind to hurt a woman
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And I hope you understand
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Somebody's got to die today, son
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It looks like you're the man
See brother, cause I've been
down and I've been out
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And I know how it feels
To stand up for what you think is right
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And get knocked off your heels
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And if murdering a man
who didn't understand
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Just what she meant to me
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Leans on right here in this
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cell for eternity
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Well, then, mister,
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I'm as guilty as can be
That's what I told that jury
That's what I told that judge
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And I knew there'd be hell to pay
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See, I don't mind
these prison bars
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Tucked off in these pine trees
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One thing about that cheatin' woman
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She won't cheat again on me
See, brother, now I've been
down and I've been out
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And I know how it feels
Stand up for what you think is right
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And get knocked off your heels
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And if murdering a man who
didn't understand
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just what she meant to me
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Means I'll rot here in this cell for eternity
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Well then, mister, I'm as guilty as can be
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I said if murdering a man
who didn't understand
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just what she meant to me
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Means I'll rot here in this
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cell for eternity
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Well, then, mister,
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I'm as guilty as can be
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