F    C    F    C

[Verse 1]
C                    F       C
She was a Bible Belt lovin believer
                   F           C
With a twelve year ring on her hand
      Dm7                     F
Got a little too close to the fire
            C                   G
And started burning for another man
C         F       C
One thing led to another
              F         C
At a motel in Galveston Bay
     Dm7                   F
They didn't know it at the time
    C              F
But more than just love was made
                     C         Dm7
That's one hell of a choice to make

[Chorus]
                     C
If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her
                 Em
Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her
                      Am7
She could have chosen one quick fix
                  F
To get her out of one big mess
                                C
She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story
                    Em                                       Am7
Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life
                                                 F
She could have changed her mind and changed everything
                 C    F    C    F
But she chose me

[Verse 2]
    C            F           C
She didn't quite know how to tell him
                   F          C
You try to speak a truth like that
    Dm7                  F
She didn't know where to turn to
        C                     G
But she knew a way to take it back
    C              F        C
She had it written into her schedule
                  F        C
Like just another thing to do
    Dm7                F
But that box never got checked off
        C                  F
And I'm sitting her living proof

[Chorus]
                     C
If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her
                 Em
Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her
                      Am7
She could have chosen one quick fix
                  F
To get her out of one big mess
                                C
She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story
                    Em                                       Am7
Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life
                                                 F
She could have changed her mind and changed everything
                 C    F    C
But she chose me
    F            Am7  Am7     F   F
But she chose me-e,   yeah

[Bridge]
F                  C
  Me the daughter,  me the sister
Dm7                                G
  Me the dreamer with pigtails and pictures
F               C
  Me the wife, my husband loves
         Dm7
I'm just thankful because

[Chorus]
G                      C
  If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her
                 Em
Think of all the small town talk it could have saved her
                      Am7
She could have chosen one quick fix
                  F
To get her out of one big mess
                                C
She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story
                    Em                                       Am7
Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life
                                                 F
She could have changed her mind and changed everything
                 C    F    C
But she chose me
F         C
She chose me