What Was I Thinkin' chords by
Dierks Bentley

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Key: F minor

Intro 1

Fm

Fm

Fm

Fm

Fm

Fm

Db

Db

Eb

Eb

Bb

Bb

Verse 1
Fm Fm 
 
Becky was a beauty from south Alabama
Db Db 
 
Her daddy had a heart
like a nine pound hammer
Eb Eb 
 
Think he even did a little time in the slammer
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?
Fm Fm 
 
She snuck out one night and
met me by the front gate
Db Db 
 
Her daddy came out
a wavin' that twelve gauge
Eb Eb 
 
We tore out the drive
he peppered my tailgate
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?

Pre-chorus 1

C

Oh I knew there'd be hell to pay

But that crossed my mind a little too late

Chorus 1
F F 
 
'Cause I was thinkin' bout a
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
little white tank top
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Sittin' right there in the middle by me
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
I was thinkin' bout a long kiss
Bb Bb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Man just gotta get goin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
where the night might lead
Ab Ab 
 
C C 
 
I know what I was feelin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
but what was I

Interlude 1

Fm

Db

(thinkin')

Eb

Bb

What was I thinkin'

Verse 2
Fm Fm 
 
By the county line the cops were
nippin' on our heels
Db Db 
 
Pulled off the road and kicked
it in four wheel
Eb Eb 
 
Shut off the lights, we tore
through a cornfield
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?
Fm Fm 
 
Out the other side she was hollerin' "Faster!"
Db Db 
 
Took a dirt road, had the radio blastin'
Eb Eb 
 
Hit the honky tonk for a little close dancin'
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?

Pre-chorus 2

C

Oh I knew there'd be hell to pay

But that crossed my mind a little too late

Chorus 2
F F 
 
'Cause I was thinkin' bout a
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
little white tank top
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Sittin' right there in the middle by me
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
I was thinkin' bout a long kiss
Bb Bb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Man just gotta get goin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
where the night might lead
Ab Ab 
 
C C 
 
I know what I was feelin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
but what was I thinkin'?

Solo 1

G

G

Bb

F

G

G

Db

Eb

Fm

Fm

Fm

Fm

Verse 3
Fm Fm 
 
When a mountain of a man
with a "Born to Kill" tatoo
Db Db 
 
Tried to cut in, I knocked out his front tooth
Eb Eb 
 
We ran outside hood-slidin' like Bo Duke
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?
Fm Fm 
 
I finally got her home
at a half-past too late
Db Db 
 
Her daddy's in a lawn chair
sittin' on the driveway
Eb Eb 
 
Put it in park as he started my way
Bb Bb 
 
What was I thinkin'?
Eb Eb 
 
Oh what was I thinkin'?
Db Db 
 
Oh what was I thinkin'?

Interlude 2

C

Then she gave a come-an-get-me grin

And like a bullet we were gone again

Chorus 3
F F 
 
'Cause I was thinkin' bout a
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
little white tank top
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Sittin' right there in the middle by me
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Eb Eb 
 
I was thinkin' bout a long kiss
Bb Bb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
F F 
 
Man just gotta get goin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
where the night might lead
Ab Ab 
 
C C 
 
I know what I was feelin',
Hey I know what I was feelin'
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 

Outro 1

F

Db

But what was I thinkin'?

Eb

Bb

What was I thinkin

[Repeat and fade]

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