Intro: C  G  G4/C  G/B 
        G5/D  G  C  G 


[Verso 1]

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I Met a little girl 
        G 
In Saskatoon 
    G 
She was beaming bold and beautiful 
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And higher than the moon 
G                  G7 
Before I could profess 
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She left too soon 
G 
The words she spoke 
       D                G    G7 
Were enough to make me blue 
  

[Refrão]

           C 
She said I know 
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Just what you're wishing 
     G 
Two folks in our condition 
      D 
We'd never leave this  
D7                  G   G7 
Bar room with our pride 
       C                       G/B  G5/D 
So go about your earthly mission 
       G 
Don't trust no politician 
     D 
You look to yours 
     C      G    C  G 
And I will look to mine 
  
( C  G  G4/C  G/B ) 
( G5/D  G  C  G ) 


[Verso 2]

  G 
I met a Nashville 
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Honky-tonkin' queen 
     G 
And the caress of her amber lips 
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Is reserved for Jim Beam 
G                  G7 
I took her by the arm 
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And she made a scene 
G                   D 
Whiskey was yet to dull 
                G    G7 
Her tongue it seemed 
  

[Refrão]

            C 
She said I know 
                   C     G/B  G5/D 
Just what you're wishing 
     G 
Two folks in our condition 
      D 
We'd never leave this  
D7                  G      G7 
Bar room with our pride 
       C                       G/B  G5/D 
So go about your earthly mission 
       G 
Don't trust no politician 
     D 
You look to yours 
     C      G    C  G 
And I will look to mine 

( G  G7  C  G/B ) 
( G5/D  D  G  C  G ) 


[Verso 3]

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Now West By-God Virginia 
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Is where I'm bound 
   G 
She's as wild and she's as wonderful 
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As any girl I've found 
G                       G7 
She'll keep me just as long 
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As I'm around 
   G          D 
I never have to hear 
       G         G  G7 
That awful sound 
  


[Refrão]

       C 
But I know 
                   C     G/B  G5/D 
Just what you're wishing 
     G 
Two folks in our condition 
      D 
We'd never leave this  
D7                  G   G7 
Bar room with our pride 
       C                       G/B  G5/D 
So go about your earthly mission 
       G 
Don't trust no politician 
     D 
You look to yours 
     C       G   C  G 
And I will look to mine 

Final 

     D 
You look to yours 
    C       G   C  G 
And I will look to mine