She Was

Date: 26 Aug 02 Song: She Was Artist: Mark Chesnutt Transposed by: Eddie Garcia (string50@hotmail.com) Actual key D# (capo 1st fret) She Was G A She started her new life ten dollars in debt G A Thats all it took to get started back then G A A trip to the courthouse across the state line G A No one could stop her shed made up her mind G A He was eighteen and she wasnt (chorus) D F#m But she said she was and never thought twice G A Came back home as my daddys wife D She just shook her head Bm G A And her momma said are you sure hes the one? D She was G A He took a job and farmed on the side G A He made the ends meet but she kept them tight G A Changes were coming to their little world G A She said what would you like a boy or a girl? G A And he said, are you? (chorus) D F#m And she said she was and never thought twice G A About taking the next step and building their lives D Bm G A Soon there were three and she tried to be everything to us D And she was (bridge) G A Those precious moments turned into years D A G/F# In what seemed like a blink of an eye Em G I held her hand as I leaned down to ask her Em A Momma are you ready to say good bye? (chorus) D F#m She said she was but she thought twice G A Holding my hand as she let go of life D Bm G A Daddy always said a woman like her would be hard to give up Bm And she was G A If there ever was a picture of love D She was Eddie Garcia **Keepin' it Country**