Lyle Lovett

Her First Mistake

Lyle Lovett

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Her First Mistake

	  		
 

Intro 
C   Am7  D7   G    C   Am7  D7   G 

C   Am7  D7   G    C   Am7  D7   G 

Verse 1:

C Am7 D7 G Once upon a time ago C Am7 D7 G Way up in the land of sleet and snow C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 How this fairytale would go, I could not have known G C Am7 D7 G I had searched around this world so mean C Am7 D7 G From Livingston to Palestine C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G Trying to pursue my dream of love C Am7 D7 G Well, it was then I met this girl so fine C Am7 D7 G C She made me think so fast, I left my thoughts behind Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And I tried to pass for a sophisticated Northern man C Am7 D7 G I said, "Why yes, my dear, I know exactly what you mean C Am7 D7 G Because there's not so much I haven't done or seen C Am7 D7 G C7 Am7 D7 G And may I say your eyes are the loveliest shade of jade"
Refrain F F F# G I said, "Come on, baby F F F# G Well, come on, baby F F# G D7 G7 Ooh-ooh, come on, baby"

Verse 2:

C Am7 D7 G C Well, it was then I knew I had made my first mistake Am7 D7 G She did not even start to wait C Am7 D7 G And as she turned around to walk away C Am7 D7 G This is what she had to say C Am7 D7 G She told me, "Man, I come from way down South C Am7 D7 G I've got a picket fence with a picket house C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 And I don't need no fast-talking Northern man like you around"
Refrain G F F F# G I said, "Come on, baby F F F# G Well, come on, baby F F# G D7 G7 Ooh-ooh, come on, baby"

Verse 3:

C Am7 D7 G Honey, I don't know just what you heard C Am7 D7 G C But Alabama is my favorite word Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And Birmingham is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G Well, I could see her light begin to shine C Am7 D7 G She turned back around, her eyes met mine C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 And suddenly the whole world became a a better place G C Am7 D7 Even if it was only for an instant G C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G Because it was then I knew I had made my second mistake C Am7 D7 G She told me, "Man, that was a real good try C Am7 D7 G But Alabama's not where I reside C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G I come from where the river is wide and the crawfish hide"
Refrain F F F# G I said, "Come on, baby F F F# G Well, come on, baby F F# G D7 G7 Ooh-ooh, come on, baby"

Verse 4:

C Am7 D7 G Honey, I don't know just what you heard C Am7 D7 G C But Louisiana is my favorite word Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And New Orleans is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G Well, she just looked at me and she shook her head C Am7 D7 G "Your lines are pretty sad," she said C Am7 D7 G C "You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man Am7 D7 G If this is doing the best you can" C Am7 D7 G C It was then I knew I had made my third mistake Am7 D7 G C Yes, three strikes right across the plate Am7 D7 G C And as I hollered, "Honey, please wait!" Am7 D7 G She was gone
Refrain F F F# G I said, "Come on, baby F F F# G Well, come on, baby F F# G D7 G7 Ooh-ooh, come on, baby"

Verse 5:

C Am7 D7 G Honey, I don't know just what you heard C Am7 D7 G C "Bartender, set 'em up" are my favorite words Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G Because the love I need is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G Oh, the love I need is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G Yes, well, there I sat so all alone C Am7 D7 G Like a king who sits upon his throne C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And whose kingdom may have just gone home with a nother kingdom

Verse 6:

G C Am7 D7 G So, as you can imagine, much to my surprise C Am7 D7 G C When the door was flung back open wide Am7 D7 G It was a miracle, she walked inside C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And pulled her chair up next to me C Am7 And that's when she knew D7 G C Am7 D7 G She had made her first mistake
F F F# G F F F# G F F F# G D7 G Outro Am7 D7 G Well, I don't know just what you heard C Am7 D7 G C Am7 But "Come on, baby" are my favorite words D7 G C Am7 D7 G And where we're going is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G And where we're going to is a long way from here C Am7 D7 G So, like I said before, I could not have known C Am7 D7 G How this fairytale would finally go C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 Still the only certain thing for sure is what I do not know G C Am7 D7 G So, like the years and all the seasons pass C Am7 D7 G And like the sand runs through the hourglass C Am7 D7 G I just keep on running faster C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G Chasing the happily I am ever after C Am7 D7 I just keep on running faster G C Am7 D7 G Chasing the happily I am ever after C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G C Am7 D7 G

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