Short Sweet Ride(Chords)

	        Intro: (G)  (G)  (D)  (G) 
 
I could (G) see it coming from a (C) mile a(G)way 
A heartache lookin' for a (D) place to (G) stay 
But I couldn't resist her and I (C) couldn't be (G) cool 
Lord can't a woman make a (D) man a (G) fool 
 
 	 It's an (C) age-old story but it still holds true 
 	 There (G) ain't no end to what a (D) man won't (G) do 
 	 He'll (C) love some woman 'til he go insane 
 	 It's a (G) short sweet ride on a (D) runaway (G) train 
 
I was (G) drunk and crazy from her (C) sweet per(G)fume 
But I knew stone sober I was (D) being (G) used 
Now the heartache lingers like a (C) cheap colo(G)gne 
She took all she wanted then (D) she was (G) gone 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
Solo:  (C)  (C)  (G)  (D)  (G)  (C)  (C)  (G)  (D)  (G) 
 
It was (G) almost worth it for the (C) time we (G) spent 
But there ain't no future in a (D) heart for (G) rent 
Still she taught me something 'bout the (C) facts of (G) life 
Love cuts quicker than a (D) switchblade (G) knife 
 
Repeat Chorus Twice 
 
 	 A (G) short sweet ride on a (D) runaway (G) train 
  
 

	        

Written by Alan Jackson/Jim McBride