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Wasn't I Paying Attention chords by
Amanda Shires
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I just had the strangest
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day of my life
F
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Worse than the last week with my first wife
Dm
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I let John borrow my truck
C
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He said he needed to get some stuff
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To pay some bills
Verse 2
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[?] City, it's barely a town

For a place so pretty,
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it could bring you way down
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He kept his huntin' knife titanium-clipped
C
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To To a nylon belt set high

on his hip

For self-defense
Verse 3
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E
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It It was a regular mornin'
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No red flags or warnings
Dm
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No, nothin' suspicious
E
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Wasn't I payin' attention?
Verse 4
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I didn't see the full gas can
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he'd set in the seat
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I just nodded and tossed him the keys
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Did I see shakin' in his hands?
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Was he makin' darker plans

Than usual?
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Verse 5
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John had been clean
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for over a year now
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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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It was a beast that never goes away
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It sleeps in your [?]
Verse 6
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It was a regular mornin'
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No red flags or warnings
Dm
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No, nothin' suspicious
E
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Wasn't I payin' attention?
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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Every Sunday was another
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doomsday

He'd say,
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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

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It was a regular mornin'
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No red flags or warnings
Dm
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No, nothin' suspicious
E
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Wasn't I payin' attention?
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It was a regular mornin'
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No red flags or warnings
Dm
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No, nothin' suspicious
E
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Wasn't I payin' attention?
Verse 9
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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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end it all right there
Dm
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He took off his coat, doused himself in gas
C
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Slit his own throat,

climbed back into the cab

And lit the match
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Chords

  • Am

  • F

  • Dm

  • C

  • E

  • G

Capo: 5

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The original key of Wasn't I Paying Attention by Amanda Shires is D minor.

The primary chords used in Wasn't I Paying Attention are Dm, Bb, Gm, F, A, C.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Dm, Bb, Gm, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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