Gone Before You Met Me Alan Jackson
Lyrics and guitar chords
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F#m
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F#m
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I had a A
dream last E
nightE
I was floating dF#m
own that black E
waterE
Kick back on the A
MississippE
iE
On a raft with oF#m
l' Tom SawyeE
rE
He got restless A
down around MempE
hisE
That's F#m
where he left meE
Said I'm one A
rambling E
manE
I was gone F#m
before you met E
meE
A
E
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F#m
E
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And there I was A
back in my hometE
ownE
That's just F#m
how dreams E
goE
Thumb in the air wanted A
out of thE
ereE
Heading mF#m
y own roE
adE
Well I hitched a ride with this A
beatnik gE
uyE
Said looks F#m
like you read meE
My name isA
Jack KerouE
acE
I was gone befF#m
ore you met E
meYou got your h
A
omeboys, your E
hang-around-boysB
You fix that roof bE
ut your roots to the ground-boysA
Pink house, the wE
hite fenceB
Pretty little woman, tB
wo point fiveA
Kids, dang right, iE
t's a good lifeB
With boys like me yourE
bound to run the wild sideA
Like the restless windB
you'll never cF#
atch meA
I was gone before you E
met meE
A
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x2E
And just before A
I awokE
eE
I had a F#m
bad nightmE
areE
I was on A
some lost E
highway and you wF#m
ere nowhere E
nearE
Someone took your A
hand I wasn't thaE
t manE
Girl, it sF#m
ure did hit meE
I was cussingA
fate but it was E
too lateE
You were gF#m
one before you mE
et meB
Yeah, I smelled that coffeeB
I heard you singing in the kitchenA
G#m
F#m
E
B
Walking in got a kiss, yB
ou said the sink still drippingA
G#m
F#m
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Thank God I'm still drivenF#m
E
You got y
A
our homeboys, E
your hang-around-boysB
You fix that sink bE
ut your roots to the ground-boysA
Blue house, tE
he white fenceB
Sweet little woman, B
rocking that goodA
Miss dang right, iE
t's a fine lifeB
His restless heart E
found a heart I can call mineA
I was smart enough to E
let love catch F#m
me A
So Tom and Jack just rB
ambled on withoutF#m
meA
'Cause I was gone before you E
met me A
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Gone gone, gF#m
one before you met mE
eE
Gone beF#m
fore you meE
t me
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