The Decision Chords by Ricky Van Shelton

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ She _ _ _ [C] fell in love with [D] her heart [G] and showed it [Em] physically.
_ It [Am] was a night of love [D] and passion _ [G] for the whole wide world to see.
_ _ [C] Nobody never [D]
told her [G] that one in one [Em] makes three.
_ [Am] Now she cries at night, [D] till the morning light [C] dries her tears [D] of [G] misery.
She's gonna make a [C] decision _ _ [D]
about the baby [G] inside.
_ _ [Em] _
_ She's [Am] only seventeen _ [D]
and she's not [G] a bride. _ _
She's gonna make a [C] decision, _ _ [D]
which will [G] it _ [D] be?
[Em] _
_ [Bm] Whichever [Am] she chooses, _ _ [D] _
will she ever [G] be free?
[C] _ [Bm] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] The talk she had with [D] her mother _ [G] didn't seem to ease [Em] her mind.
_ The [Am] night of love and [D]
passion _ [Am] [G] seemed so far behind.
_ [C] She learned too late, [D] just one mistake [G] can turn a love to [Em]
hate.
Now [Am] will she go down to [D] the clinic _ [C] and take [D] what's not hers [G] to take?
She's gonna make a [C] decision _ [D] about the baby [G] _ inside.
_ [Em] _
_ She's [Am] only seventeen _ [D] _
and she's not [G] a bride. _ _
She's gonna make a [C] decision, _ _ [D] _
_ which will [G] it [D] be?
_ [Em] _
_ [Bm] Whichever [Am] she chooses, _ [D] _
will she ever [G] be [C] free?
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] Her mother crossed [D] the table, _ [G] her daddy slams [Em] the door.
_ [Am] Her boyfriend, he left [D] town last night, [G] she won't see him no more.
_ [C] She wakes up sick [D] each morning, _ [G] and lays down lonely [Em] each night.
Can [Am] she hold her head [D] and live with the shame?
Oh, [C] and she ended [D] all out [G] of pride.
She [C] left the innocence of her [D]
childhood _ _ [G] in that [Bm] motel [Em]
room.
_ _ [Am] Now she's facing [D] _
motherhood [G] with a baby in her womb.
_ _ [C] All of her dreams for the [D]
future _ [G] are now in her [Em] _
past.
_ [Am] Can she face _ [D]
tomorrow?
_ _ [C] Will [D] her courage [G] last?
She's gonna make a [C] decision _ [D] about the baby [G] inside.
_ _ [Em] _
_ She's only [Am] _ seventeen _ [D]
and she's not a [G] bride. _ _
She's gonna make a [C] decision, _ _ [D] _
which will [G] it _ [D] be?
[Em] _
_ [Bm] Whichever [Am] she chooses, _ _ [D]
will she ever [G] be free? _ _
She's gonna make a [C] decision _ _ [D]
about the baby [G] inside.
_ _ [Em] _
_ She's only [Am] _ seventeen _ [D]
and she's not a [G] bride. _ _ _
She's gonna make a [C] decision, _ _ [D] _
_ which will [G] it be?
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _