Not In The Cards
By Rhett Akins
Written by Bob Regan & Tom Shaprio 
CD: What Livin's All About (1998)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
11/4/2016

Requested by: BuckBran on 10/24/2016

Capo 2

     E 
Got another postcard today
     E                        A  
This one was postmarked Santa Fe
        E                                        B7            A 
All she had to say was thanks for givin' her the space she was needin'
        E 
Got out all her other cards tonight
              E                 A
And I've been porin' over every line
        A              E              B7  
But the more I do, the less I think I like what I'm readin'


Chorus:
            E                  B7                    A                     
There isn't one 'Wish you were here', 'I miss you my dear'
               B7                         E 
'I want you to know, I can't wait to come home'
    E          B7                       A 
Not one single line sayin' distance and time
              B7                           C#m 
Is makin' her see, I'm really all that she needs
                                B7
With every picture postcard she sends
          A           B7          E
There's a picture I'm startin' to get
E                B7                           F#m  
That feelin' for me, I hoped was there in her heart
                A                      E
Is not meant to be, no it's not in the cards

Here's one I got a week ago
From Ensenada, Mexico
Where there should've been an 'I love you', she wrote 'Adios' at the bottom

I'd try to reach her if I thought it would help
But the cards are speakin' for themselves
And I've got to play 'em though the hand she dealt, ain't a hot one

Chorus
                                B7
With every picture postcard she sends
          A           B7          E
There's a picture I'm startin' to get
E                B7                           F#m  
That feelin' for me, I hoped was there in her heart
                A                      E
Is not meant to be, no it's not in the cards

No, no, no, no, it's not in the cards
Bye-bye baby, no it's not in the cards