Caroline Herring - Magnolias

I met you once in a ^Cliving room in ^GJackson Thought of you for six years o^Cr more One ^Dhour, you were my secret ^Gstandard One ^A7night, you walked back through my ^Ddoor__^C_

Your ^Glanky frame was ^Cnot what I re^Gmembered Waking from a long and fitful ^Csleep But ^Dafter early morning conver^Gsation I ^A7drove to north Texas in ^Ddisbeli^Gef

That ^Cquaking in my ^Gheart was too de^Dep for ^Gwords It tremored and it ^Emtrembled and it ^Amached__^D_ We ^Gspoke our peace out on the ^CGolden Gate Bridge And ^Gsealed it with a kiss under mag^Dnoli^Gas ^{C G D G}

Fortunes not ^Cmade and not dis^Gcovered There were mentors, we were ^Cprotégés From ^Done rite of passage to a^Gnother We ^A7roughed through the wellsprings of our ^Dearly ^Cdays

And ^Gunderneath that ^Csurface there was ^Gsomething Only you and I could under^Cstand I ^Dmade my commitment to that ^Glong

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ag^Emo ^GStanding in the hallway down in ^DDixie^Gland

And that ^Cquaking in my ^Gheart too de^Dep for ^Gwords It tremors and it ^Emtrembles and it ^Amaches__^D_ We ^Gspoke our peace out on the ^CGolden Gate Bridge And ^Gsealed it with a kiss under mag^Dnoli^Gas ^{C G D G}

There's one thing that ^CI love more than ^GAustin Or curving 'round the Frio on her ^Cturquoise streets It's your ^Dmelancholy dread of Sunday ^Gevenings Your ^A7shivering body when it ^Dsleeps_^C_

The ^Gfuture's looking ^Cstormy here be^Gfore us There are wars, calamities and tribu^Clations We'll ^Dhatchet down the windows if we ^Ghave to

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^Em And ^Gstand the watch together 'til the ^Dmorn^Ging

'Cause that ^Cquaking in my ^Gheart's too ^Ddeep for ^Gwords It tremors and it ^Emtrembles and it ^Amaches__^D_ We ^Gspoke our peace out on the ^CGolden Gate Bridge And ^Gsealed it with a kiss under mag^Dnoli^Gas ^{C G D G}