G    G    Em   C    G

[Verse 1]
G                             D
  I pulled to the side of the Interstate
C                    G
  I just couldn't go on
                                  D
I'd been chasing the morning like some young fool
C                 G
Living out an old song
C                    G
How on earth could I lose you like this
C                              G
  Now you're with heaven knows who
        C
And I'm halfway to Georgia
       D                       G
With a car full of mem'ries of you

[Chorus]
G                     Em
  I let a keeper get away
    C               G
How could I been so blind
                    Em   Em
I let a keeper get away
        C                 G
There's only one one of a kind
  Em               D
I didn't know just what we had
C                      G         D
But this time I really messed up bad
                    Em
Now I guess I gotta pay
C                     G
  I let a keeper get away

[Solo]
|  G  |  Em  |  C  |  G  |

[Verse 2]
G                            D
  Found a picture of us underneath my seat
C                       G
Looking for my red flashlight
                                 D
It was taken last summer at your momma's place
C                       G
Holding each other real tight
  C                 G
I just don't need reminders like that
C                G
Clutterin' up my heart
              C
So, I'll just put it in my pocket
    D                        G
And keep it right next to my heart

[Chorus]
G                     Em
  I let a keeper get away
    C               G
How could I been so blind
                    Em   Em
I let a keeper get away
        C                 G
There's only one one of a kind
  Em               D
I didn't know just what we had
C                      G         D
But this time I really messed up bad
                    Em
Now I guess I gotta pay
C                     G
  I let a keeper get away

[Solo]
|  G  |  Em  |  Em  |  C  |

|  G  |  Em  |  Em  |  C  |  G

[Outro]
  Em               D
I didn't know just what we had
C                      G         D
But this time I really messed up bad
                    Em
Now I guess I gotta pay
C                     G
  I let a keeper get away