David Allan Coe - Take time to know her

^FTake ^CTime To ^BbKnow Her ^FTake ^CTime To ^BbKnow Her

^FI found a ^Cwoman ^Bb One I knew I ^Ftruely loved She was ^Ceverything^Bb I'd ever been dreaming ^Fof.

But she was bad, I ^Cdidn't know it ^Bb Her pretty smile never did ^Fshow it All I knew is what I ^Ccould see ^Bb And I knew I wanted her for ^Fme. ^D

I took her home to ^Bbmama ^D Mama wanted to see my ^Bbfuture bride ^D Well she looked at us ^Bbboth Then she ^Ccalled me to her side She said.

^FTake ^CTime To ^BbKnow Her It's not an overnight thing ^FTake ^CTime To ^BbKnow Her Please don't rush into this thing.

^FBut I didn't listen to ^Cmama ^Bb I went straight to the ^Fchurch I just couldn't wait to ^Chave a little girl of mine ^Bb I couldn?t even wait till I got ^Fhome from work The preacher was there, ^Cso was my future bride ^Bb He looked at us both and then he ^Fcalled me to his side He said son.

^FWhen it look like ^Ceverything ^Bb It looked like everything was gonna turn out all ^Fright And then I came home from ^Cwork,^Bb a little early one night^F And when I walked into the ^Chouse I saw her there she was, ^Bbkissin? on another man ^F Then I knew right then, I knew ^Cwhat my mama meant^Bb When she took me by the ^Fhand And said son.