Intro: GDCDVerse 1GD
He was twenty-five, she was twenty-eight
C
He was home grown country
D
She'd just pulled off the interstate
GD
She bought a Dr. Pepper, ten dollars worth of gas
CDGD
She was obviously lost but too afraid to ask directions
GD
So he offered her a smile and a stick of Beech Nut gum
CD
He said where you headed to girl, where are you coming from
She said?(Chorus)
GDCC-D (quick strums)
New Orleans but that's another story
GDC
New Orleans that's another time
DGCD
That's another town, that's another life
Verse 2GD
First she stayed a day then she stayed a week
C
Couple of months later
D
They were living on his parent's street
GD
He worked the station and she worked the store
C
And then they had a baby and
DGD
Then they had one more little Jesse
GD
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)
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