intro  G ... D  2x's 
  
       Bm                                A     
Got a date a week from Friday with the preacher's son  
      Bm                               A                   
Everybody says he's crazy, I'll have to see  
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I finally moved to Jackson when the summer came  
        Bm                                A           
I won't have to pay that boy to rake my leaves  
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I'm probably going on and on it seems   
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I'm doing more of that these days  
 
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I probably wouldn't be this way  
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Probably wouldn't hurt so bad  
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I never pictured every minute without you in it  
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Oh you left so fast  
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Sometimes I see you standing there  
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Sometimes it's like I'm losing touch  
                       Bm                   A 
Sometimes I feel that I'm so lucky to have had the chance  
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To love this much  
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God gave me a moments grace  
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'Cause if I'd never seen your face  
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I probably wouldn't be this way  
                                           
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Mama says that I just shouldn't speak to you           
  Bm                               A 
Susan says that I should just move on  
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You oughta see the way these people look at me  
            Bm                                 A 
When they see me 'round here talkin' to this stone  
  Bm       Bm/G#               A 
Everybody thinks I've lost my mind  
           A/F#            G 
But I just take it day by day  
  
                    D 
I probably wouldn't be this way  
                     A 
I probably wouldn't hurt so bad  
                   C 
I never pictured every minute without you in it  
         G 
Oh you left so fast  
                      D 
Sometimes I see you standing there  
                        A 
Sometimes I feel an angel's touch  
                       Bm                   A 
Sometimes I feel that I'm so lucky to have had the chance 
    Bm/G#          E 
To love this much  
                G 
God gave me a moments grace  
                      A 
'Cause if I'd never seen your face  
                    G 
I probably wouldn't be this way  
 
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I probably wouldn't be this way  
       Bm                               A/C#*   
Got a date a week from Friday with the preacher's son  
       Bm                                      A           
Everybody says I'm crazy I guess I'll have to see