Nic Cowan - Reno

^F# We met in Louisia^Dbna ^Ab On my way to ^BbAtlanta ^F# She was playing in a ^Dbbar With an ^Abold guitar and a heavy heart ^F#m She stood there on the ^Dbstage ^Ab With that spotlight on her ^Bbmface ^F# She sang a song I ^Dblove And I ^Abheld onto every word ^Eb And I said, what is it that ^F#drives you to create? ^{F# Db Ab}

^{Eb Ebm}She said, I never ^F#had a choice to ^Dbmake ^Ab It ^Ebchose me ^Ebmlong befo^F#re I wrote a ^Absong I’m just playing ^F#along boy ^{Db Ab Bbm F#} He flew out from ^DbNew York ^Ab To a spot down by the ^Bbmshore ^F# He said he left when he was ^Dbyoung But you ^Abalways miss the place you’re from ^F# So he came back to the islands ^{Db Ab}To paint with ^Fmred, blue, and ^Bbmviolets ^F# I bought a picture that I ^Dbloved And I ^Abcouldn’t wait to hang it up And I said^Ebm, what is it that ^F#drives you to create^Db? ^{Ab Eb} He ^Ebmsaid, I never ^F#had a choice to ^Dbmake ^Ab It ^Ebmchose me ^F#long before I made it ^Abhere It’s what I ^F#feel boy ^Db

^F# She got a gig out there in Reno ^{Db Ab}Playing late nights at ^Bbmcasinos ^F#m And he flew ^F#up to play some ^Dbmhold ‘em She ^Abcaught his eye as he was foldin’^F# They got married ^Dbthree months late He said, when you ^Abfind the one you don’t date her^{Bbm F#} And I drove west to play their ^Dbwedding And I ^Abcried like a baby And I said^Ebm, what is it that ^F#drives you to create?^{Db Ab Ebm} They said, we never ^F#had a choice to ^Dbmake ^Ab It ^Ebchose us ^Ebmlong be^F#fore we ever ^Abmet It’s love and nothing ^Felse ^F#boy ^{Db Ab Bbm} It’s ^Dblove and nothing ^F#else boy ^{Db Ab Bbm}