Chords for Dierks Bentley, What Was I Thinking

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_ [E] This [C] _ [Bm] room is really special.
When I [G] first came through here, I _ [B] thought I could come do some songs [C] solo for you guys.
But I [B] really like playing music.
I just want to [Em] play it and I think of playing it and sharing it.
[B] _ Training harmonies and _ having [Ab] harmonies and playing guitar parts together.
I'm going to bring out [Fm] someone who kind of played through most of these with me as I [G] bring out some other guests too.
I was talking about the guy up on the ridge [Gb] record, the guy who played a pivotal _ _ [A]
role in my career.
Kind of shifted back [Gb] _ out _ [Ab] of the red back into the black.
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It's good to bring out a great singer, great songwriter.
[Gb] He's [F] one of the most talented people [Gb] in this town.
He's [B] one of my good bros.
[Db] John Randall.
Come on out here. _
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John, he's, well he's got [G] several names.
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John Randall, Randy _ _ Stewart.
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He's from [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
Texas.
And just, yeah, been living there [B] long.
When did you move down?
87.
87.
I moved here in 94.
[Fm] 87. _
And your first truck since you've lived here?
[Dm] Huh?
First truck since you've been [Ab] here?
Second truck.
Well, we [Bb] both have some kids.
We both have a lot of kids.
We are [Bm] a sew-up number.
But that's what [Ab] changed your mode of transportation.
And _ _ finally out of one car and back, I [A] think that's a blue pickup truck now.
It's pretty [B] good.
Got a truck.
From Texas then.
He's got a truck.
He's done [F] three.
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[Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] So, yeah, it's been, I guess it's been like, [B] I don't know how many years [F] since this song.
[Bb] _ And, well, 13, [B] 14 years since this song came out.
[A] _ Like I said, [Bb] there's still, still can't wait to get [Ab] the full story behind the [Gb] writing of the song.
Which doesn't [F] technically go a lot better.
_ [B] It was a wild [Fm] night.
_ _ And, no, [Bb] I wrote the song with Brett Bieber and [G] a guy named Derrick Burtan.
And we wrote [E] the song, I thought I had the record done.
And I wrote [A] this one last song.
[Ab] And I remember I tracked down Autumn [G] Howell.
She worked at Capitol [Ab] Records.
She was at the exit.
And I had to borrow one of, no, no.
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[Bb] _ Ellison.
[A] I've been [B] here a long time.
_ _ Ellison.
And I pulled the truck.
I [Bb] had it pulled by the tailgate down, set it up at [Ab] the tailgate.
But I didn't [G] song acoustically.
So, [Fm] you got to [Gb] record that.
[Ab] I did. _
[C] Ended up being a good way to start [F] things off. _ _
Almost all of it.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ She [Fm] snuck out one night and that day by the front gate.
Her daddy came [Ab] out waving that twill [Eb] gate.
He tore out the drive, he peppered my tailgate.
[Bb] What was I thinking?
Oh, I [C] knew there'd be [Eb] hell to [Cm] pay.
[C] But that cost my mother a little too [Cm] much.
Cause I [F] was thinking about [Eb] a little white [Fm] tank top [Ab] sitting [Fm] right there in the middle by [Bb] me.
And I [F] was thinking about a long-distance man just [Ab] got a good [Fm] girl [Eb] on a dime [Bb] like me.
And I knew [C]
what I was feeling.
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[Bb] _ _ [Fm] What was I thinking? _
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What [Bb] was I [Eb] thinking? _ _ _
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About a [F] family line that found some dippin' on our heels.
[Fm] We walked the [Db] road and kicked it four wheels.
[Eb] Shut off the lights and drove through a cornfield.
[Bb] What was I thinking?
_ At the [F] other side, she was hollering, [Fm] fast return to the dirt road.
Had a radio [Ab] blast and did [Eb] a honky-tonk.
From a little close dancing, [Bb] what was I thinking?
Oh, I [C] knew there'd be [Eb] hell to [C] pay.
[Eb] But that cost my mother a little too [F] much.
Cause I was thinking about a little white tank [Ab] top sitting [F] right there in the middle by [Bb] me.
And I was [Fm] thinking about a long-distance man just got a good girl on [Eb] a dime like [Bb] me.
And I [G] knew what I was feeling.
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ What [Fm] was I [F] thinking? _ _ _ _
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I rode a mountain of a man with a born-to [Eb]-kill tattoo.
Tried to [Db] cut it, but knocked out his front tooth.
[Eb] He ran outside, hooves sliding like [Bb] boogaloo.
What was I thinking?
_ That I [Fm] finally got a home and a half past noon.
[Eb] Later that evening, [Db] a lawn chair sitting in the driveway.
[Eb] Footed at Parkhurst, he started bobbing.
What [Bb] was I thinking? _
_ [Ab] Oh, what was I thinking? _
Oh, [Db] what [Ab] was I thinking?
[Db] That she gave up [Cm] on getting a plan.
_ Like I couldn't work all the kids.
Cause I was thinking about a [Eb] little [Bb] white tank top [Fm] sitting right there in the middle by [Bb] me.
And I was thinking [Eb] about a long-distance man just got a [Fm] good girl on a [Bb] dime like me.
Yeah, I knew [C] what I [Cm] was feeling.
_ Hey, I knew what I was feeling.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ What was I thinking?
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[Db] _ _ _ What was [Eb] I thinking?
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_ _ [B] Hey, folks.
That's Brian here from I Live With Pleasure and Fiora. _