C                    C7           F
I was there when she fell for the first time

             G7                              C
I picked her up and saw the heartache in her eyes

                     C7              F
I guess I knew right then how little chance I had to win

          G7                  C
But can’t nobody say I didn’t try


                       C7              F
She was nineteen years old and already lonely

     G7                            C
Lord only knows how many men she’s tried

                         C7       F
Why she went from man to man I’ll never understand

          G7                  C
But can’t nobody say I didn’t try


  F                                  C
I thought that I was just the man to tame her

    G7                             C
And save her from the wild side of life

        F                     C
But the wild side had already claimed her

       D7                                  G7
Living way out on the edge that’s what she loves


  C                   C7              F
I read something in a book once about women

       G7                        C
Like a rose they last while they last

                       C7          F
But she only blooms at night there under the neon lights

          G7                  C
But can’t nobody say I didn’t try


                   C7          F
She only blooms at night there under the neon lights

          G7                  C
But can’t nobody say I didn’t try