I Knew She Was Wild

{title: I Knew She Was Wild}
{subtitle: Charles de Lint}
{key: D}

{ci: Verse 1}
[D]I met her at a carnival by the Wall of [Em]Death
She was laughing her [G]head off I was holding my [A]breath
[D]I heard her say she likes whiskey I had a small hip [Em]flask
When I offered her a [G]shot she said I thought you'd never [A]ask

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[Bm]I knew she was wild I didn't know she was [G]crazy too
Didn't know she was [Em]dangerous or what she might [A]do
She's like an eighteen-[Bm]wheeler chasing down the [G]white line
Says the guy can keep [Em]up to me I'll show him a good [A]time

{ci: Verse 2}
She says she knows [D]Elvis says she knows where he [Em]lives
Says it's not in [G]Memphis not anywhere you'd [A]guess
Says he told her she was [D]high class told her she could go [Em]far
They had the chance to be [G]real good friends then she stole his [A]car

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{ci: Verse 3}
She didn't come from [D]Alabama banjo on her [Em]knee
She doesn't know about [G]coincidence or [A]serendipity
Says there's no such [D]thing as fate we're living wild and [Em]free
There's no one you were [G]meant to meet except for her and [A]me

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{ci: Bridge}
[Em]Sometimes late at night when the moon is high I hear her [Bm]crying in her sleep
[Em]I just hold her close till the feeling goes and she's [G]smiling back at [A]me

{ci: Verse 4}
She was Tennessee born [D]and bred living up in the [Em]hills
If she hadn't joined the [G]carnival she'd be living there [A]still
Her daddy makes [D]moonshine her mama's in the [Em]stir
Says she's got no [G]problems so long's I'm with [A]her

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