Intro: G D C D  
  
Verse 1  
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     C-D (quick strums)  
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)