Lyle Lovett

Her First Mistake

Lyle Lovett

Guitar chords Easy level Easy
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Intro 
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Once upon a time ago 
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Way up in the land of sleet and snow 
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How this fairytale would go, I could not have known 
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  I had searched around this world so mean 
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From Livingston to Palestine 
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Trying to pursue my dream of love 

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Well, it was then I met this girl so fine 
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She made me think so fast, I left my thoughts behind 
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And I tried to pass for a sophisticated Northern man 
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I said, "Why yes, my dear, I know exactly what you mean 
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Because there's not so much I haven't done or seen 
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And may I say your eyes are the loveliest     shade of jade" 

Refrain 
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I said, "Come on, baby 
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  Well, come on, baby 
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Ooh-ooh, come on, baby" 


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Well, it was then I knew I had made my first mistake 
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She did not even start to wait 
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And as she turned around to walk away 
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This is what she had to say 
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She told me, "Man, I come from way down South 
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I've got a picket fence with a picket house 
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And I don't need no fast-talking Northern man like you around" 


Refrain 
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I said, "Come on, baby 
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  Well, come on, baby 
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Ooh-ooh, come on, baby" 

 
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard 
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But Alabama is my favorite word 
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And Birmingham is a long        way from here 
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Well, I could see her light begin to shine 
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She turned back around, her eyes met mine 
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And suddenly the whole world became a   a better place 
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  Even if it was only for an instant 
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  Because it was then I knew I had made my    second mistake 
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She told me, "Man, that was a real good try 
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But Alabama's not where I reside 
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I come from where the river is wide and the crawfish hide" 


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I said, "Come on, baby 
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  Well, come on, baby 
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Ooh-ooh, come on, baby" 

 
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard 
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But Louisiana  is my favorite word 
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    And New Orleans is a long    way from here 
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Well, she just looked at me and she shook her head 
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"Your lines are pretty sad," she said 
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"You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man 
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If this is doing the best you can" 
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It was then I knew I had made my third mistake 

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Yes, three strikes right across the plate 
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And as I hollered, "Honey, please wait!" 
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    She was gone 

Refrain 
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I said, "Come on, baby 
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  Well, come on, baby 
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Ooh-ooh, come on, baby" 

 
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Honey, I don't know just what you heard 
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"Bartender, set 'em up" are my favorite words 
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    Because the love I need is a long    way from here 
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Oh, the love I need is a    long       way from here 
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Yes, well, there I sat so all alone 
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Like a king who sits upon his throne 
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And whose kingdom may have just gone home with a   nother kingdom 



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So, as you can imagine, much to my surprise 
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  When the door was flung back open wide 
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It was a miracle, she walked inside 
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  And pulled her chair up next to me 
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And that's when she knew 
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  She had made her    first mistake 

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Outro 
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Well, I don't know just what you heard 
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But "Come on, baby"   are my favorite words 
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And where we're going is a long    way from here 
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And where we're going to is a     long      way from here 
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So, like I said before, I could not have known 
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How this fairytale would finally go 

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Still the only certain thing for sure is what I do not know 
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So, like the years and all the seasons pass 
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And like the sand runs through the hourglass 
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  I just keep on running faster 
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Chasing the happily I am ever after 
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I just keep on running faster 
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Chasing the   happily I am ever after 

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