Intro Chords: 
D  G  D  G 
 
D                                                               G 
Rachel was a sweetheart with greek letters around her neck on a chain 
D                                                           G  
She wasn't really my type, she was beautiful, and I'm kinda vain
             Bm            Bm/A            G 
Her mind was closed like a liquor store on Sunday 
               Bm             Bm/A       G  
She's tryin to make her ex boyfriend mad  
                D               A    
It's kinda of a rebound, that's OK 
      D                        G 
She's married with a kid on the way 
        D                          A 
And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way 
          D   
Of a good thing 
 
D                                                    G  
Shelby was a stripper and a damn good mechanic and a friend 
D                                                           G  
She used to pick me up in her 64 and take me places I'd never been 
          Bm           Bm/A            G 
She drank vodka on the rocks in a tall glass 
           Bm          Bm/A         G 
Chased with cocaine and her teenage girlfriends 
                D          A 
I couldn't face her, that's OK
            D                         G  
But now she's living with a girl named Renee 
             D                   A 
Last I heard she was techin' in 'Frisco 
                 D   
She's got a good thing 
 
D                                                     G  
Alice was a bartender at a place I used to play for a while 
D                                                           G  
Some of the girls didn't like she'd get 20 dollar tips with a smile 
          Bm           Bm/A             G 
I used to talk to her, try to get in her head 
    Bm         Bm/A          G 
We'd just end up drunk in my bed 
                D       A 
I never knew her, that's OK 
      D                        G 
She's in Vegas making 5 bills a day 
         D                                A 
She said I wasn't too much fun when I was sober 
                         D
And now she's got a good thing 
 
D                                              G  
So here's to the lady who's name it hurts me to say 
D                                 G  
She's the proverbial one that got away 
    Bm          Bm/A              G 
She said life is all a young girl has 
       Bm            Bm/A                 G 
And I can't find my  mine while living in yours 
                D         A 
I don't blame her, that's OK 
      D                                   G 
She's married with a kid and a kid on the way 
        D                          A 
And I'm glad I didn't stand in the way 
          D
Of a good thing