Key: B
Introduction: G D C D
G D
He was twenty-five, she was twenty-eight
C
He was home grown country
D
She'd just pulled off the interstate
G D
She bought a Dr. Pepper, ten dollars worth of gas
C D G D
She was obviously lost but too afraid to ask directions
G D
So he offered her a smile and a stick of Beech Nut gum
C D
He said where you headed to girl, where are you coming from
She said?(chorus)
G D C
New Orleans but that's another story
G D C
New Orleans that's another time
D G C D
That's another town, that's another life
Verse 2
G D
First she stayed a day then she stayed a week
C
Couple of months later
D
They were living on his parent's street
G D
He worked the station and she worked the store
C
And then they had a baby and
D G D
Then they had one more little Jesse
G D
When she dropped the kids off at the mother's day out
C
All the ladies had their questions
D
But knew not to ask about (Chorus)
Verse 3 (same chords)