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Red Ragtop

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[Intro]
G  C
[Verse 1]
GI was twenty and she was eighteen 
We were juCst about as wild as we were green in the Gways of the worldC  
Well she pGicked me up in that red ragtop
we were fCree of the folks and hiding from the cops
on a summGer night, runnin' all the Cadd9red lights 
so we'd pGark way out in a clearing in a grove 
and the niCght was as hot as a coal burnin' stove 
we were coGokin' with gas, 
oh it haCadd9d to last
[Chorus]
in the back of that Cred Grag Amtop
she said Cplease doGn't stAmop
[Verse 2]
well the vGery first time her mother met me
her Cgreen eyed girl had been a mother to be for tGwo weeks C  
I was oGut of a job and she was in school
Clife was fast and the world was cruel 
we were Gyoung and wild,
we decided not to Chave a child 
so we Gdid what we did and we tried to forget
and we Cswore up and down there would be no regrets in the Gmorning light 
but on the way Cadd9home that night 
[Chorus 2]
on the back of that Cred Grag tAmop 
she said pleaCse Gdont Amstop loving Gme Cadd9  
[Bridge]
we took Cone more Gtrip arAmound the sGun 
and it was Call make beliGeve in the Amend 
no I cCan't say whGere she Amis todaGy 
I can't remAmember who I wGas back tAmhen 
[Instrumental]
G  C
[Verse 3]
well you Gdo what you do 
and you pay for your sins and there's Cno such thing as what might have been 
that's a waGste of time, 
drive you oCut of your mind 
I was stoGpped at a red light just yesterday besCide a young girl in a cabriolet 
and her Geyes were green 
and I was in an Cadd9old scene 
[Chorus]
I was back in that Cred Grag Amtop 
on the Cday sGhe sAmtopped lovin Gme Cadd9  
I was back in that Cred Grag tAmop 
on the Cday sGhe Amstopped lovin Gme 
[Instrumental]
  G    C(10x)
G

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Red Ragtop

by Tim McGraw

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Cadd9

[Intro]

G C

[Verse 1]

I was twenty and she was eighteen

C G C

We were just about as wild as we were green in the ways of the world

Well she picked me up in that red ragtop

we were free of the folks and hiding from the cops

G Cadd9

on a summer night, runnin' all the red lights

so we'd park way out in a clearing in a grove

and the night was as hot as a coal burnin' stove

we were cookin' with gas,

Cadd9

oh it had to last

[Chorus]

C G Am

in the back of that red rag top

C G Am

she said please don't stop

[Verse 2]

well the very first time her mother met me

C G C

her green eyed girl had been a mother to be for two weeks

I was out of a job and she was in school

life was fast and the world was cruel

we were young and wild,

we decided not to have a child

so we did what we did and we tried to forget

C G

and we swore up and down there would be no regrets in the morning light

Cadd9

but on the way home that night

[Chorus 2]

C G Am

on the back of that red rag top

C G Am G Cadd9

she said please dont stop loving me

[Bridge]

C G Am G

we took one more trip around the sun

C G Am

and it was all make believe in the end

C G Am G

no I can't say where she is today

Am G Am

I can't remember who I was back then

[Instrumental]

G C

[Verse 3]

well you do what you do

and you pay for your sins and there's no such thing as what might have been

that's a waste of time,

drive you out of your mind

G C

I was stopped at a red light just yesterday beside a young girl in a cabriolet

and her eyes were green

Cadd9

and I was in an old scene

[Chorus]

C G Am

I was back in that red rag top

C G Am G Cadd9

on the day she stopped lovin me

C G Am

I was back in that red rag top

C G Am G

on the day she stopped lovin me

[Instrumental]

G C

(10x)

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