Chords for Ty Herndon - What Mattered Most

_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ thought I knew the girl so well
_ _ [F] She was sad, [C] I couldn't tell
I missed the point, I missed the signs
_ [F] _ If she's gone, the [C] fault is mine
_ [Dm] I know, I know _
A whole lot [C] of little things
_ _ [Dm]
And even though
_ I could list them [C] one by one
She would [G] still be gone
Her [C] eyes were blue, her hair was long
At [F] sixty-four, she was born in [C] Baton Rouge
Favorite song, [F] the end of my life
[G] I memorized her [Am] every move
I [C] knew her books, her car, her clothes
But I [Em] paid no [F] attention
[G] To what I heard [C]
most
_ I never [G] asked, she [C] never said
And [F] _ when she cried, [C] I turned my head
She dreamed her dreams behind closed doors
_ [F] And that made them easy [C] to ignore
_ [Dm] I know, I know _
I missed the forest [C] for the trees
And [Dm] all I had to show
_ _ Oh, she walked [C] out the door
Cold facts and nothing more
[G] Her [C] eyes were blue, her hair was long
At [F] sixty-four, she [G] was born in [C] Baton Rouge
Favorite song, the end [F] of my life
I [G] memorized her [Am] every move
I knew [C] her books, her car, her [F] clothes
[C] But I [Em] paid no [F] attention
To [G] what I heard [C] _
most
Her eyes were blue, her hair was long
At [F] sixty-four, she [G] was born in [C] Baton Rouge
Her father's called, her [F] mother's gone
She moved [G] out west when she [C] was two
The way she laughed, the way [F] she loved
Oh [G] my God, what did [C] I do?
_ _ [F] _
_ [G] What did [C] I do?
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Thank y'all [F] for making that our very first number one record.
We appreciate [C] it.
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