Intro:
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(Verse 1)
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Dixie says that horses know her better than people do
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Well I've known dixie seven years and I'd have to say it's true
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Once my sweetheart, now the sweetheart of the rodeo
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She heard the highway callin' with the meltin' of the snow

(Pre-Chorus)
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I tried...
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Yes I tried... to change her mind

(Chorus)
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Dixie Darlin', did you find what you were after
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A greener pasture
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A wilder blue...
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When I think about the things that really matter
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I always wish that I had mattered more to you

(Solo)
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(Verse 2)
Dixie came to see me on the day her daddy died
Three nights full of thunder and the tears she had to cry
She asked if I would hold her and I held her all that week
Till she loaded up her saddle and she kissed me on the cheek

(Pre-Chorus)
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I tried...
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Yes I tried... to change her mind
(Chorus)
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Dixie Darlin', did you find what you were after
E         B
A greener pasture
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A wilder blue...
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When I think about the things that really matter
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I always wish that I had mattered more to you

(Solo)
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(Verse 3)
Dixie called me late one night on Colorado time
Told me she was two weeks late and she knew it must be mine
I wanted to raise a family, right here in this little town
But in the end she wasn't ready to have a kid and settle down

(Pre-Chorus)
   C#m      F#
I tried...
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Yes I tried... to change her mind

(Chorus)
B     F#               E                  B         
Dixie Darlin', did you find what you were after
E         B
A greener pasture
         F#
A wilder blue...
B      F#              E                  B      
When I think about the things that really matter
E        B                                G#m    E
I always wish that I had mattered more to you