Wasn't I Paying Attention chords by
Amanda Shires

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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am Am 
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I just had the strangest
F F 
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Am Am 
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day of my life
F F 
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Worse than the last week with my first wife
Dm Dm 
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I let John borrow my truck
C C 
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He said he needed to get some stuff
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To pay some bills

Verse 2
Am Am 
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F F 
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Am Am 
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[?] City, it's barely a town
For a place so pretty,
F F 
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it could bring you way down
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He kept his huntin' knife titanium-clipped
C C 
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To To a nylon belt set high
on his hip
For self-defense

Verse 3

It It was a regular mornin'

No red flags or warnings

No, nothin' suspicious

Wasn't I payin' attention?

Verse 4
Am Am 
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I didn't see the full gas can
F F 
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Am Am 
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he'd set in the seat
F F 
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I just nodded and tossed him the keys
G G 
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Dm Dm 
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Did I see shakin' in his hands?
C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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Was he makin' darker plans
Than usual?
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Verse 5
Am Am 
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John had been clean
F F 
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Am Am 
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for over a year now
F F 
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We all thought he was in the clear now
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But it was a   [?]
talkin' [?] in the day
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G G 
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C C 
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It was a beast that never goes away
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E E 
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It sleeps in your [?]

Verse 6

It was a regular mornin'

No red flags or warnings

No, nothin' suspicious

Wasn't I payin' attention?

Interlude 1

Verse 7
Am Am 
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Every Sunday was another
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Am Am 
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doomsday
He'd say,
F F 
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"Last Judgement's not far away"
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He talked about evil in his blood
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He spoke of fire, he spoke of floods
That's how he was
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Verse 8
Am Am 
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G G 
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F F 
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It was a regular mornin'
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G G 
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F F 
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No red flags or warnings
Dm Dm 
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No, nothin' suspicious
E E 
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Wasn't I payin' attention?
Am Am 
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G G 
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F F 
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It was a regular mornin'
Am Am 
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G G 
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F F 
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No red flags or warnings
Dm Dm 
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No, nothin' suspicious
E E 
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Wasn't I payin' attention?

Verse 9
Am Am 
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F F 
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John drove my truck down to the square
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He  thought he would
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F F 
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end it all right there
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He took off his coat, doused himself in gas
C C 
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Slit his own throat,
climbed back into the cab
And lit the match
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