Tim McGraw - Red Ragtop

red ragtop
tim mcgraw

intro : G , G , Am , Am

G G Am Am
i was twenty and she was eighteen . we were just about as wild as we were
G G Am Am
green in the ways of the world
G G Am Am
she picked me up in that red ragtop . we were free of the folks and hiding
G G Am Am
from the cops on a summer night , running all the red lights
G G
we’d park way out in a clearing in a grove
Am Am
and the night was as hot as a coal – burning stove
G G Am Am
we were cooking with gas . knew it had to last

C G Am Am
in the back of that red ragtop
C G Am Am Am Am
she said please don’t stop

G G
well the very first time her mother met me
Am Am G G Am Am
her green – eyed girl had been a mother – to – be for two weeks
G G
i was out of job and she was in school
Am Am
and life was fast and the world was cruel
G G Am Am
we were young and wild . we decided not to have the child
G G
so we did what we did and we tried to forget
Am Am
and we swore up and down there would be no regrets
G G Am Am
in the morning light , but on the way home that night

C G Am Am
on the back of that red ragtop
C G Am Am C G Am Am
she said please don’t stop loving me

C G Am Am
we took one more trip around the sun
C G Am Am
but it was all make believe in the end
C G Am Am
and no i can’t say where she is today
C G Am Am C C Am Am
i can’t remember who i was back then

G G Am Am

G G
well you do what you do and you pay for your sins
Am Am
and there’s no such thing as what might have been
G G Am Am
that’s a waste of time , drive you out of your mind
G G
i was stopped at a red light just yesterday
Am Am
beside a young girl in a cabriolet
G G Am Am
and her eyes were green . and i was in an old scene

C G Am Am
i was back in that red ragtop
C G Am Am
on the day she stopped loving me

C G Am Am

C G Am
i was back in that red ragtop
C G Am Am
on the day she stopped loving me

repeat G G Am Am out