Key: E 🎸 Intro: F C F C 🎸 Verse 1: C F C She was a Bible Belt lovin believer F C With a twelve year ring on her hand Dm7 F Got a little too close to the fire C G And started burning for another man C F C One thing led to another F C At a motel in Galveston Bay Dm7 F They didn't know it at the time C F But more than just love was made C Dm7 That's one hell of a choice to make
🎸 Chorus: C If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Em Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her Am7 She could have chosen one quick fix F To get her out of one big mess C She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Em Am7 Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life F She could have changed her mind and changed everything C F C F But she chose me 🎸 Verse 2: C F C She didn't quite know how to tell him F C You try to speak a truth like that Dm7 F She didn't know where to turn to C G But she knew a way to take it back C F C She had it written into her schedule F C Like just another thing to do Dm7 F But that box never got checked off C F And I'm sitting her living proof 🎸 Chorus: C If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Em Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her Am7 She could have chosen one quick fix F To get her out of one big mess C She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Em Am7 Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life F She could have changed her mind and changed everything C F C But she chose me F Am7 Am7 F F But she chose me-e yeah 🎸 Bridge: F C Me the daughter me the sister Dm7 G Me the dreamer with pigtails and pictures F C Me the wife, my husband loves Dm7 I'm just thankful because 🎸 Chorus: G C If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Em Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her Am7 She could have chosen one quick fix F To get her out of one big mess C She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Em Am7 Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life F She could have changed her mind and changed everything C F C But she chose me F C She chose me