The Safe Side Chords by Chris Cagle

_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Have _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ you ever wondered [Ab] what life would be [F] like?
[Eb] It only [Bb] went left [C] instead of taking that [Eb] right.
[Ab] If you had waited [C] just ten more [Cm] minutes to [Bb] leave the house, [C] would it [Eb] all be different? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Every decision, [Ab] everything we choose, _ [Gm] has a [Bb] consequence [Cm] whether we win or lose.
[Eb] Nobody knows that [Ab] any better than me.
[Cm] I left her standing at the station with a ticket [Bb] and a dream.
[Eb] _ She's the train that I didn't take, the big commitment I just couldn't [Eb] make.
[Ab] Oh, fear of breaking my heart, I didn't risk the [Eb] ride.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
She's the lesson I learned the hard way.
_ [Cm] Now being lonely is the price I [Bb] pay.
[Ab] The river of [Eb] regret runs deep and [Ab] wide. _
_ _ [Bb] Here [Eb] on the safe side.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] I _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
still remember [Ab] the night she left.
She [Cm] said she didn't want to lose me, but she had to find herself.
_ [Ab] I [Bb] could have stopped her [Ab] or got on board with her.
[Cm] [Gm] But now it's too [Cm] late.
_ [Bb] Reconsider.
[Eb] _
She's the train that I didn't take, _ [Cm] the big commitment I just [Bb] couldn't make.
[Eb] [Ab] Oh, fear of breaking my heart, I didn't risk the [Eb] ride. _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ She's the lesson I learned the hard way.
Now being lonely is the price I pay.
[Ab] The river of [Eb] regret runs deep and [Ab] wide.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Here on the safe [Eb] side. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ Sometimes the greatest [C] risk [Db] of all [Ab] is [Bbm] never [Ab] taking more [Eb] at all. _ _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
She's the train that I didn't take, _ [Bb] the big commitment I just couldn't make.
[Eb] Oh, [Ab] fear of breaking my heart, I didn't risk that [Bb] ride.
_ _ [Eb] She's the lesson I learned the hard way.
[Cm] Now being lonely is the price I [Eb] pay.
[Ab] The river of regret [Eb] runs deep and [Ab] _ wide.
_ [Bb] Here on the [Eb] safe side.
_ _ _ Now to help _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] me along.
_ _ Here on the safe side. _ _ _ _ _ _
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