The Partner Nobody Chose chords by Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell

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Verse 1
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The  (C major) other one knows that we sing along
and if we don't we try to be quiet.
This, we'll start with one
that we wrote together.
It's called A Partner Nobody Chose.
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 (C major) 
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she's a melody in  (F major) search of
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the  (C major) words  (F major) I  love  (C major) you
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she's  (G major) a rose with no room to  (C major) grow
she's a light in the night
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 (F major) with nowhere  (C major)  (F major) to  (C major) shine
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she's  (G major) a partner that nobody chose  (C major) 
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Ah, she's  (G major) tried and she's tried
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and she's  (F major) tried to keep on  (C major) tryin'
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But  (G major) everything she tried fell apart  (C major) 
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And she's  (G major) loved and she's loved
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and she'd  (F major) love to keep on  (C major) lovin'
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But  (G major) every man she loved
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broke her heart  (C major) 
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She's a melody in  (F major) search of the  (C major) words,
I love you
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She's  (G major) a rose with no room to grow  (C major) 
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She's a light in the  (F major) night
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with nowhere  (C major)  (F major) to  (C major) shine.
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She's a  (G major) partner that nobody chose  (C major) 
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Ah, she's  (G major) fallen and stumbled,
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stumbled  (F major) and  (C major) fallen
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No  (G major) one picked her up when she fell  (C major) 
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But she stood  (G major) up with hopes
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that someone  (F major) would  (C major) show
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Someday  (G major) you never can tell  (C major) 
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She's in melody in  (F major) search of
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the  (C major) words I love you
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She's a  (G major) rose with no room to  (C major) grow
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She's a light in the  (F major) night
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with nowhere  (C major)  (F major) to  (C major) shine
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She's a  (G major) partner that nobody chose  (C major) 
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She's a melody in  (F major) search of
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the  (C major) words I love you.
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She's  (G major) a rose with no room to  (C major) grow
She's a light in the night
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 (F major) with nowhere  (C major)  (F major) to  (C major) shine
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She's  (G major) a partner that nobody chose
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 (C major) She's  (G major) lonesome and nobody
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knows  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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Alright. Well, Brad,
what do you think?
I thought it was cold in here.
Shoot, Rodney didn't get wet.
Look at his hair.
I dodged them raindrops.
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Hey guy,  (A major) indulge me here,
it was so pretty,
I left Nashville at 6 o 'clock this morning,
or yesterday morning,
sometime ago
I got up about 3 o 'clock your time,
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 (E minor) but I'm not complaining
because driving up here was really restful,
it was healing to be driving
through all those,
all that greenery green in my eyes
cousin Leroy was driving
we rented this a convertible
took the top down
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we look real cute driving up  (A major) here
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an (E minor) d we got the idea for this song
just this is weird
and I'm gonna sing it anyway