Alan Jackson – Gone Before You Met Me (Guitar)

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I had a dream last night

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I was floating down that black water

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Kick back on the Mississippi

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On a raft with ol' Tom Sawyer

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He got restless down around Memphis

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That's where he left me

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Said I'm one rambling man

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I was gone before you met me

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And there I was back in my home-town

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That's just how dreams go

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Thumb in the air wanted out of there

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Heading my own road

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Well I hitched a ride with this beatnik guy

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Said looks like you read me

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My name is Jack Kerou - ac

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I was gone before you met me

              A             E
You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

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You fix that roof but your roots to the ground-boys

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Pink house, the white fence

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Pretty little woman, two point five kids

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Kids, dang right, it's a good life

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With boys like me your bound to run the wild side

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Like the restless wind you'll never catch me

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I was gone before you met me

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And just before I awoke

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I had a bad nightmare

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I was on some lost highway and you were nowhere near

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Someone took your hand I wasn't that man

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Girl, it sure did hit me

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I was cussing fate but it was too late

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You were gone before you met me

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Yeah, I smelled that coffee

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I heard you singing in the kitchen

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Walked in got a kiss, you said the sink still dripping

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Thank God I'm still driven

             A                   E
You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

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You fix that sink but your roots to the ground-boys

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Blue house, the white fence

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Sweet little woman, rocking that goodness

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Dang right, it's a fine life

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This restless heart found a heart I can call mine

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I was smart enough to let love catch me

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So Tom and Jack just rambled on without me

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'Cause I was gone before you met me

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Gone gone, gone before you met me

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Gone before you met me