Intro-  G  C  Cm  B  Em  A  Am  D  D4  D

G                 Am
Should've kept on goin'

G                   Am
But the hurt was showing

          Em                D     D4      D
When she looked at me that way

Em         D           D4          D
I had to stay

Em        D              C        G     Am     G          Am
I knew I had to get to know her name

G              Am
The town was weary

G           Am
She was to marry

           Em          D    D4     D    Em
Someone planned years ago

               D    D4        D    Em
Her eyes said no

          D             C        G     Am
I knew I had to get to know her name



Em                  D        Db   C
And when I got her all alone


                          B7
She told me through the tears

Em                      A
That she didn't really love him


          Am            D             Em
But he'd waited for so many years

                        D             Db          C
She said she couldn't break his heart

                        B7       Em
She'd rather live with hers

                                   A
And though I told her she should leave with me

     Am               D
She just could not believe with me

G                  Am
Should've kept on goin'

G                  Am
Better that than knowin'

         Em           D    D4        D
That he made her his wife

Em           D   D4       D
He took her life

Em           D          C        G        Am
You know I didn't even know her name

Em          D           C         G   C  Cm   B  Em   A  Am  D  D4 G
You know I didn't even know her name