She Stayed

A# A#/D Cm7 A# G# G#/C Fm7 A# D# A#/D Cm7 A# Wish I could tell you that I met her back in grade school G# D#/G Fm7 A# 'Cause a couple extra years would have been cool D# A#/D Cm7 A# But we met slingin' drinks at a dive bar down on Central Street G# D#/G Fm7 A# When I was 23 and had growin' up to do G# And we'd toss back beers under neon lights A# And talk about what we want in life Fm D#/G G# But my dreams were callin' and I knew I had to leave N.C. And she stayed D# A#/D Cm7 On the phone when I'm missin' home A# G# In the front row of my shows D#/G Fm7 A# Singin' every word to every song I wrote D# She stayed A#/D Cm7 Strong when I was weak A# G# Up all night to comfort me D#/G When everyone around me changed Fm7 A# She stayed the same G# A# When every boy who ever loved me walked away She stayed A# A#/D Cm7 A# G# D#/G Fm7 A# D# D#/G Cm7 A# She zipped up my dress, put on my shoes, stood next to me when I said I do G# D#/G Fm7 A# That summer day in twenty twenty two D# A#/D Cm7 A# We all raised glass and she gave a speech, full of drunken stories of a younger me G# D#/G Fm7 A# And we never knew that night would end so soon G# But when my fairytale went up in smoke A# I packed up the only life I've known Fm7 D#/G G# And I told her I'm afraid to be alone N.C. She stayed D# D#/G Cm7 On the phone when I'm missin' home A# G# In the front row of my shows D#/G Fm7 A# Singin' every word to every song I wrote D# She stayed A#/D Cm Strong when I was weak A# G# Up all night to comfort me D#/G When everyone around me changed Fm7 A# She stayed the same G# A# When every boy who ever loved me walked away D# A#/D Cm7 She stay-ayeeeeeeeeeed A# G# D#/G Fm7 A# She stayed A# A#/D Cm7 A# G# D#/G Fm7 A# Fm7 D# D#/G G# Everyone enters your life for a reason A# Some change with the seasons Fm7 Blow away with the wind D#/G I looked around when the leaves turned G# When I thought every bridge burned A# Fm7 D#/G She pulled me out the rubble again G# My best friend N.C. She stayed A# A#/D Cm7 A# G# D#/G She stayed Fm7 A# Oh woh oh woh oh D# A#/D Cm7 On the phone when I'm missin' home A# G# In the front row of my shows D#/G Fm7 A# D# Singin' every word to every song I wrote A#/D Cm7 Strong when I was weak A# G# Up all night to comfort me D#/G When everyone around me changed Fm A# She stayed the same G# A# When every boy who ever loved me walked away Fm D#/G G# Oh I thank the Good Lord every single day