Her First Mistake Chords by Lyle Lovett

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Once [Eb] upon a time ago, [G] way up in [Eb] the land of the [Gm] sleet [G] and snow, [Bb] how [Eb] this fairy [A] tale [Bb] would go I couldn't [Cm] have known.
[F] _ _ [Gm] I had a search [Eb] to run, this [Bb] world so [Eb] mean, [F] from living [Eb] stone to [Bb] _ palestine, [Eb] _
trying to [A] pursue [Bb] my dream of [Cm] love.
_ _ [Gm] _ It was [Cm] then I met this girl [Gb] so [Bbm] fine, she made me [C] think so [A] fast, [Bb] I left my thoughts behind, [Cm]
and I tried [Gm] to [Bbm] pass for a _ [C]
[F] sophisticated [Gm] northern man.
[G] I said, why yes my [Eb] dear, I know [Bb] exactly what you [G] need, because there's [Bb] not [Eb] so much [Gm] I haven't done or [Bbm] seen.
May [Cm] I say [Fm] your [Bbm] eyes are the [Eb] loveliest _ _
[A] [Gm] shade of [Ab] jade.
I said, come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ oh come on [Ebm] baby, [Ab] _ oh _ come [Eb] on [Ab] baby.
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[Bb] _ _ It [G] was [Eb] then I knew I had [Gm] made my first [Eb] mistake, she [Cm] did not [F] even [Gm] start to wait, [Db] and as [Cm] she turned around to [Gm] walk away, [G] this is what [Eb] she had to [Gm] say.
She [G] told me, [Ebm] man I come from [Gm] way down [Eb] south, I've got a picket fence [Gm] with a picket [G] house, [Eb] and I don't need no [Gm] fast talking [Eb] northern man like [Cm] you [Gm] around.
I [Ab] said, come on [Eb] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ _ oh come [Eb] on _ [Ab] baby, oh come on [Eb] baby.
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_ _ [G] Honey, [Eb] I don't know [F] just what [Gm] you [G] heard, but [Eb] _ Alabama _
[Gm] is my [G] favorite [Cm] word, and _ Birmingham [Gm] is [G] a long [Cm] _ _
[Gm] way from here.
[Bbm] Well I could [Cm] see her light began [Gm] to shine, [Bbm] she turned [Bb] back around, her eyes met mine, [Cm] and suddenly the whole [Bb] world became a [Cm] _ _
better [Gm] place, [Eb] even if it was only [F] for an [Gm] instant, [G] because [Cm] it was then I knew [Gm] I had [G] made [Eb] my _ _ [F]
second [Gm] mistake.
She [G] told [Eb] me, man that was a [Gm] real good [G] try, but [Eb] _ Alabama's not where [Gm] I [Db] reside, I [Eb] come from where the [Gm] river is [Db] wide [Cm] and the _ crawfish [Gm] hide.
I [Ab] said, come on [Ebm] baby, _ [Ab] _ _ oh come on [Ebm] baby, [G] _ [Ab] _ oh come on [Ebm]
[G] baby.
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_ _ [Cm] Honey, I don't know just [Gm] what you heard, but [Eb] _ Louisiana _
[Gm] is my [G] favorite [Eb] word, and [Gm] New Orleans is [Eb] a long [Gm] way from here.
She [G] just looked [C] at [Eb] me and she [Gm] shook her head, [Bbm] your _ [Eb] lines are pretty [Bb] sad, she said you are a [Eb] lonely, [Gm] weak, pathetic [G] man, if [Cm] this is doing the best you can.
It [G] was [Eb] then I knew I had [Gm] made my third [Db] mistake, [Eb] yes three strikes [Gm] right [Db] across the [Eb] plate, and as I hollered [Gm] honey, _ [Bbm] please [Eb] wait, she was [Gm] gone.
[Ab] I said, come on [Ebm] baby, [G] _ [Ab] _ _ oh come on [Ebm]
baby, [Ab] _ oh come on [Ebm] _
[Ab] baby.
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_ _ [G] Honey, [Eb] I don't know just what you heard, but Tender Santa [Gm] Ma are my [Bb] favorite [Eb] _ words, because [Gm] the love I need [Gb] is a [Eb] long _ [A]
way [Gm] from here.
[Eb] All the love I need is a [Gm] long [G] _ _ [Cm] _ way [Gm] from here.
[Db] Yes, well [Cm] there I sat so [Gm] all alone, [Db] like [Eb] a king who sets upon his [Bbm] throne, and [Cm] whose kingdom may have [Gm] just [Db] gone [Cm] home, _ another [Gm] kingdom.
So [G] as you [Eb] can imagine, much to [Gm] my [G] surprise, [Eb] when the door was flung [Gm] back open [G] wide, [Eb] it was a miracle, [Gm] she walked [Bbm] inside [Eb] and pulled her chair up [Gm] next to me, [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ and [Eb] that's when she knew [Gm] she had made [Bbm] her _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] first mistake.
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_ _ [Abm] Honey, [Eb] I don't know just what you heard, but come on baby, [Gm] are my favorite [Eb] _ words, and where we're going is [G] a [Eb] long _ [Gm] way from here.
[G] Where we're [Eb] going to is [Gm] a long [G] _ [Eb] _ _ way [Gm] from here.
So [Bbm] like I said [Eb] before, I could not [Gm] have known [G] how this [Eb] fairy tale would [Bb] finally go, still [C] the only certain [Gm] thing for [G] sure is what I [Eb] do not know.
[Gm] So [G] like the [Eb] years and all the seasons _ pass, and like the [A] sand runs through [Gm] the _ [G] hourglass, [Eb] I just keep on [Gm] running faster, [Bbm] chasing [C] the happily [G]
[Eb] I am ever after.
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