Misc Originals – Ben Black - Safe Bet (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) • Capo 2
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[Verse 1]
G                C                  G
There’s 5 balls left in this 8 ball pool game

             Em          F#/D     G
'Cause some guy was too drunk to stay

                C               G
I grabbed that stick off that table

    Em    F#/D       G
And I begged you to play

               C               G
If I sink the last one in the corner

            E          F#/D     G
I get your number, but you just laughed

              C                  G
I missed the shot and you walked off

            Em     F#/D       C
I closed my tab and that was that
[Chorus]
                  G
'Cause I ain't a safe bet

                 F#/D
And I ain't the one you wanna make

         Em
And even though the odds aren’t in my favor

          C
I'm the chance I wish you'd take

         G              F#/D
And I’ll risk it all, win lose or draw

         Em       F#/D       C
Playing hearts is just high stakes

               G
But I ain't a safe bet
[Verse 2]
G           C                 G
I’ll learn all your favorite songs

                  Em      F#/D   G
And I’ll sing them to you if you want

        C               G
Treaty Oak to Ol Keith Whitiey

             Em     F#/D          G
Even Florida Georgia if you sing along

           C                     G
Days got short and our talks got long

        Em          F#/D     G
Winter came and I’m glad it did

             C                   G
I held your hand and walked you home

        Em     F#/D    C
And I finally stole a kiss
[Chorus]
                 G
And this ain't a safe bet

                     F#/D
But it might be the one you wanna make

          Em
And even though the odds aren’t in my favor

          C
I'm the chance I wish you'd take

          G               F#/D
And we'll risk it all, win lose or draw

         Em       F#/D       C
Playing hearts is just high stakes

                G
And this ain't a safe bet
[Bridge]
C      B                 A             G          B       C
When I walked into that bar with this guitar then months ago

C       B                 A                 G         B       C
Had no idea I’d meet this girl to change my world and help me grow

C       B                 A              G          B       C
Take my hurt my broke my lonely battered beaten guarded soul

C              B                     A            G      B       G
Find something real and be scared to feel in ways I ain’t felt before
[Chorus]
                     G
'Cause this ain't a safe bet

             F#/D
But it's the best one we can make

       Em
Who gives a damn about those odds

          C
It's the chance we're gonna take

          G               F#/D
And we'll risk it all, win lose or draw

         Em       F#/D       C
Playing hearts is such high stakes

                  G
And this ain't a safe bet