Key: G
Introduction:
Griff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
C9Riff
It was what I had coming to me
Em7Riff
You were unlike anything before
C9Riff
Black magic devil killer, I was yours
Griff
It was the early days of rock and roll
C9Riff
It was Otis it was Memphis soul
Em7Riff
It was a plane crash it was overnight
C9Riff
It was burning fast and burning bright
G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
C9 D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
Em7 D C9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
G
Oh, so baby please just stop
Griff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
C9Riff
It was exes and some wanna-be-s
Em7Riff
It was reckless it was understood
C9Riff
It didn't matter 'cause it felt so good
Griff
And I'll still be here if you change your mind
C9Riff
But I can see the leaving in your eyes
Em7Riff
Don't want to hear it 'cause I know it well
C9Riff
I've said it all before to someone else
G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
C9 D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
Em7 D C9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
G
Oh, so baby please just stop
Griff
It was Texas it was Tennessee
C9Riff
A kind of love close akin to grief
Em7Riff
It was everything that I could want
C9Riff
California came and took it all
G
Baby, don't you talk no more. That look is loud enough
Em7
You don't have to tell me how it feels not to be in love
C9 D
See that was my oldest game. Darling, it was my claim to fame
Em7 D C9
And I knew it when I met you all that you would need was more than what I got
G
Oh, so baby please just stop