(some various picking.)
G
I was twenty and she was eighteen
C G C
We were just about as wild as we were green in the ways of the world
G
She'd pick me up in that red ragtop
C
we were free of the folks and hiding from the cops
G Cadd9
on a summer night, runnin all the red lights
G
so we'd park way out in a clearing in a grove
C
and the night was as hot as a coal burnin stove
G
we were cookin with gas,
Cadd9
oh it had to last
C G Am
in the back of that red rag top
C G Am
(some various picking.)
she said please dont stop
(silent) G
well the very first time her mother met me
C G C
her green eyed girl had been a mother to be for two weeks
G
i was out of a job and she was in school
C
life was fast and the world was cruel
G
we were young and wild,
C
we decided not to have a child
G
so we did what we did and we tried to forget
C G
and we swore up and down there would be no regrets in the morning light
Cadd9
but on the way home that night
C G Am
on the back of that red rag top
C G Am G Cadd9
she said please dont stop loving me
C G Am G
we took one more trip around the sun
C G Am
and it was all make believe in the end
C G Am G
no i cant say where she is today
C G Am
(some various picking.)
i cant remember who i was back then
G
well you do what you do
C
and you pay for your sins and theres no such thing as what might have been
G
thats a waste of time,
C
drive you out of your mind
G C
i was stopped at a red light just yesterday beside a young girl in a cabriolet
G
and her eyes were green
Cadd9
and i was in an old scene
C G Am
i was back in that red rag top
C G Am G Cadd9
on the day she stopped lovin me
C G Am
i was back in that red rag top
C G Am G
on the day she stopped lovin me
(some various picking.)
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