Dixie Chicks - You Were Mine

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YOU WERE MINE (Emily Erwin & Martie Seidel)
performed by The Dixie Chicks (1998)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com


CHORD CHART (see suggested chord fingerings at the end)

INTRO:
|A |D |A |D |

VERSE:
|A |E/G# |F#m D |F#m D |
|A |E/G# |F#m D |F#m D |A |
                                 __ _______
CHORUS:                         |1.|2.
|E D |A D |E D |A |E D |A |Bm D |E |E / / D|

BRIDGE:
|G |D/F# |F |C |A E/G# |F#m D |Bm A/C# |D E |

FINAL CHORUS AND CODA:
|F# E |B |F# E |B |F# E |B |C#m E |F# |C#m / E F#|
|B |E |G#m |E |B |


INTRO
   ____    ____    ____    ____     ____    ____    ____    ____
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
|--------------0---------------0-|--------------2-------0----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------3--|
|------1--2---------------2------|------1--2---------------2-------|
|----------------------2---------|-0---------------0---------------|
|-0---------------0--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   ____    ____    ____    ____     ____    ____           \
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |       /
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |       \
|--------------0---------------0-|-----------------5---------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
|------1--2---------------2------|------2-------2--2---------------|
|----------------------2---------|-0-------0-------0---------------|
|-0---------------0--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|


VERSE
A                      E/G#
I can't find a reason to let go
      F#m                  D
Even though you've found a new love
          F#m                   D
And she's what your dreams are made of
A                    E/G#
I can find a reason to hang on
          F#m            D
What went wrong can be forgiven
        F#m                D      A
Without you it ain't worth living alone


CHORUS
    E       D       A         D
Sometimes I wake up crying at night
    E           D                A
And sometimes I scream out your name
     E              D       A
What right does she have to take you away
     Bm          D         E
When for so long you were mine


VERSE 2
I took out all the pictures of our wedding day
It was a time of love and laughter
Happy ever after
But even those old pictures have begun to fade
Please tell me she's not real
And that you're really coming home to stay


CHORUS
    E       D       A         D
Sometimes I wake up crying at night
    E           D                A
And sometimes I scream out your name
     E              D       A
What right does she have to take your heart away
     Bm          D         E    D
When for so long you were mine


BRIDGE
G              D/F#
I can give you two good reasons
   F                    C
To show your love's not blind
A                  E/G#         F#m       D
He's two and she's four and you know they adore you
   Bm         A/C#      D                   E
So how can I tell them you've changed your mind


FINAL CHORUS (modulated to the key of B)
     F#     E       B
Sometimes I wake up crying at night
    F#          E               B
And sometimes I scream out your name
     F#                   E                 B
What right does she have to take your heart away
         C#m              E     F#
When for so long you were mine
   C#m          E   F#      B
I remember when you were mine


CODA
   ____    ____    ____    ____     ____    ____    ____    ____
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
|--------------2---------------2-|--------------4---------------4--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------5-------|
|------3--4---------------4------|------3--4------------4----------|
|----------------------4---------|---------------------------------|
|-2---------------2--------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-0---------------0---------------|

   ____    ____    ____    ____     ____    ____        \
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    /
  |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |   |    |  |    |  |    \
|-----------------4--------------|-----------------2--------|-2---||
|--------------4---------------4-|---------5----------------|-4---||
|------3--4---------------4------|------4-------4-----------|-4---||
|----------------------6---------|-2------------------------|-4---||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-2---||
|-4------------------------------|--------------------------|-----||

        
                      *  *  *  *  *

SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS

VERSE AND CHORUS
   A      A/C#     Bm      D       E     E/G#     F#m
|--0--| |-(0)-| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--x--| |--2--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--3--| |--3--| |--0--| |--5--| |--2--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--4--| |--2--| |--1--| |--4--| |--2--|
|--2--| |--2--| |--4--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--| |--4--|
|--0--| |--4--| |--2--| |-----| |--2--| |--x--| |--4--|
|-----| |-----| |-----| |-----| |--0--| |--4--| |--2--|

BRIDGE
   G       C     D/F#     F
|--3--| |--0--| |--2--| |--1--|
|--3--| |--1--| |--3--| |--1--|
|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--|
|--0--| |--2--| |--0--| |--3--|
|--2--| |--3--| |--0--| |--3--|
|--3--| |-----| |--2--| |--1--|

FINAL CHORUS
   B      C#m      E       F#
|--2--| |--4--| |--0--| |--2--|
|--4--| |--5--| |--0--| |--2--|
|--4--| |--6--| |--1--| |--3--|
|--4--| |--6--| |--2--| |--4--|
|--2--| |--4--| |--2--| |--4--|
|-----| |-----| |--0--| |--2--|

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