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Then
American Saturday Night
     Amx02210
      F133211
      Cx32010
      G320001
  G#dimx2x134
[Intro]
  Am    F    C    G(repeat 1x)
[Verse 1]
    AmI remem - Fber Ctryin’ not to stare the
GNight that I first Ammet youF  
CYou had me Mesmer - Gized
And Amthree weeks later in the Ffront porch light
Takin’ Cforty five minutes to Gkiss goodnight
I hadn’t Ftold you yet
But, I thought I loved you thenG  C  
[Chorus 1]
Now you’re my whole Glife
Now you’re my whole Amworld
I just Gcan’t Fbelieve the way I
Feel Gabout you Cgirl
Like a river meets the Gsea
Stronger G#dimthan it’s ever Ambeen
We’ve come so far Gsince that Fday
And I thought I loved you CthenG  
[Verse 2]
    AmAnd I remem - Fber Ctaking you back
To Gright where I first Ammet youF  
CYou were so sur - Gprised
There were Ampeople around but FI didn’t care
I Cgot down on one Gknee right there
FAnd once again
I thought I loved you thenG  C  
[Chorus 1]
Now you’re my whole Glife
Now you’re my whole Amworld
I just Gcan’t Fbelieve the way I
Feel Gabout you Cgirl
Like a river meets the Gsea
Stronger G#dimthan it’s ever Ambeen
We’ve come so far Gsince that Fday
And I thought I loved you CthenG  
[Solo]
Am  G  F
[Bridge]
I can just Gsee you
With a Fbaby on the Cway
I can just Gsee you
When your Fhair is turnin’ Cgrey
AmWhat I can’t see is Ghow I’m ever
CGonna Glove you Fmore
But, I’ve said that be - GforeC  
[Chorus 2]
Now you’re my whole Glife
Now you’re my whole Amworld
I just Gcan’t Fbelieve the way I
Feel Gabout you Cgirl
We’ll look back some Gday
At this moment G#dimthat we’re Amin
And I’ll look at Gyou and Fsay
And I thought I loved you CthenG  
And I thought I loved you AmthenF  
[Outro]
  C    G    Am    F(repeat until end)
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Then

by Brad Paisley

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#dim

Then

American Saturday Night

x02210

133211

x32010

320001

G#dim

x2x134

[Intro]

Am F C G

(repeat 1x)

[Verse 1]

Am F C

I remem - ber tryin’ not to stare the

G Am F

Night that I first met you

C G

You had me Mesmer - ized

Am F

And three weeks later in the front porch light

C G

Takin’ forty five minutes to kiss goodnight

I hadn’t told you yet

G C

But, I thought I loved you then

[Chorus 1]

Now you’re my whole life

Now you’re my whole world

G F

I just can’t believe the way I

G C

Feel about you girl

Like a river meets the sea

G#dim Am

Stronger than it’s ever been

G F

We’ve come so far since that day

C G

And I thought I loved you then

[Verse 2]

Am F C

And I remem - ber taking you back

G Am F

To right where I first met you

C G

You were so sur - prised

Am F

There were people around but I didn’t care

C G

I got down on one knee right there

And once again

G C

I thought I loved you then

[Chorus 1]

Now you’re my whole life

Now you’re my whole world

G F

I just can’t believe the way I

G C

Feel about you girl

Like a river meets the sea

G#dim Am

Stronger than it’s ever been

G F

We’ve come so far since that day

C G

And I thought I loved you then

[Solo]

Am G F

[Bridge]

I can just see you

F C

With a baby on the way

I can just see you

F C

When your hair is turnin’ grey

Am G

What I can’t see is how I’m ever

C G F

Gonna love you more

G C

But, I’ve said that be - fore

[Chorus 2]

Now you’re my whole life

Now you’re my whole world

G F

I just can’t believe the way I

G C

Feel about you girl

We’ll look back some day

G#dim Am

At this moment that we’re in

G F

And I’ll look at you and say

C G

And I thought I loved you then

Am F

And I thought I loved you then

[Outro]

C G Am F

(repeat until end)

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experiment with your own chord voicings.

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