Tono: G
Introducción: D D/F# G A
G A D
She started her new life ten dollars in debt
G A D
That?s all it took to get started back then
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A trip to the courthouse across the state line
A
No one could stop her she?d made up her mind
G A
He was eighteen and she wasn?t
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But she said she was and never thought twice
G A
Came back home as my daddy?s wife
D
She just shook her head
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When her momma said are you sure he?s the one
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She was
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He took a job and farmed on the side
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He made the ends meet but she kept them tied
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Changes were coming to their little world
A
She said what would you like a boy or a girl
G A
And he said are you...
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And she said she was and never thought twice
G A
About taking the next step and building their lives
D
Soon there were three
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And she tried to be everything to us
D
And she was
G A
Those precious moments turned into years
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In what seemed like a blink of an eye
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I held her hand as I leaned down to ask her
Em A
Momma are you ready to say goodbye
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She said she was but she thought twice
G A
Holding my hand as she let go of life
D
Daddy always said
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A woman like her would be hard to give up
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And she was
Em A
If there ever was a picture of love
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She was