NOTE: SLASH CHORDS USED E/G# D/F# A/C# E ---x------2------5------ B ---x------3------2------ G ---1------2------2------ D ---2------0------2------ A ---2------0------4------ E ---4------2------x------ 🎸 Intro: E E/G# F#m7 E D D/F# Bm7 E
🎸 Verse: A E/G# F#m7 E Wish I could tell you that I met her back in grade school D A/C# Bm7 E 'Cause a couple extra years would have been cool A E/G# F#m7 E But we met slingin' drinks at a dive bar down on Central Street D A/C# Bm7 E When I was 23 and had growin' up to do D And we'd toss back beers under neon lights E And talk about what we want in life Bm A/C# D But my dreams were callin' and I knew I had to leave 🎸 Chorus: N.C. And she stayed A E/G# F#m7 On the phone when I'm missin' home E D In the front row of my shows A/C# Bm7 E Singin' every word to every song I wrote A She stayed E/G# F#m7 Strong when I was weak E D Up all night to comfort me A/C# When everyone around me changed Bm7 E She stayed the same D E When every boy who ever loved me walked away She stayed 🎸 Instrumental: E E/G# F#m7 E D A/C# Bm7 E 🎸 Verse: A A/C# F#m7 E She zipped up my dress, put on my shoes, stood next to me when I said I do D A/C# Bm7 E That summer day in twenty twenty two A E/G# F#m7 E We all raised glass and she gave a speech, full of drunken stories of a younger me D A/C# Bm7 E And we never knew that night would end so soon D But when my fairytale went up in smoke E I packed up the only life I've known Bm7 A/C# D And I told her I'm afraid to be alone 🎸 Chorus: N.C. She stayed A A/C# F#m7 On the phone when I'm missin' home E D In the front row of my shows A/C# Bm7 E Singin' every word to every song I wrote A She stayed E/G# F#m Strong when I was weak E D Up all night to comfort me A/C# When everyone around me changed Bm7 E She stayed the same D E When every boy who ever loved me walked away A E/G# F#m7 She stay-ayeeeeeeeeeed E D A/C# Bm7 E She stayed 🎸 Instrumental: E E/G# F#m7 E D A/C# Bm7 E 🎸 Break: Bm7 A A/C# D Everyone enters your life for a reason E Some change with the seasons Bm7 Blow away with the wind A/C# I looked around when the leaves turned D When I thought every bridge burned E Bm7 A/C# She pulled me out the rubble again D My best friend N.C. She stayed 🎸 Instrumental: E E/G# F#m7 E D A/C# She stayed Bm7 E Oh woh oh woh oh 🎸 Chorus: A E/G# F#m7 On the phone when I'm missin' home E D In the front row of my shows A/C# Bm7 E A Singin' every word to every song I wrote E/G# F#m7 Strong when I was weak E D Up all night to comfort me A/C# When everyone around me changed Bm E She stayed the same D E When every boy who ever loved me walked away Bm A/C# D Oh I thank the Good Lord every single day N.C. She stayed
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