Lyle Lovett — I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You
(Lyle Lovett, 1989)
KEY OF Bb: capo 3, play in G
GD2GGCG
Its not the words "You know I'll always love you"
GDG
It's not the words "I wish that I could stay"
GG7C
It's more the way your lips looked as you spoke them
GDG
And how the moonlight fell upon your face
CDGDG
I married her just because she looks like you
DCG
And for every time you said no she says honey I'll be glad to
DCD
And for every time you left me she says darling I'll be there
GC
It's not the words "You'll get over me"
GCG
That made my dreams come true
CDGDG
I married her just because she looks like you
GC2CGD2GDCG
And if I had not searched for you I never would have found her
DCD
And if I had not loved you I would never have known love
GC
It's not the words "Please try to forget me"
GCG
That made my dreams come true
CDGDG
I married her just because she looks like you
DCG
And for every time you knocked me down she reaches out to help me
DCD
And for every time you cursed me she says darling I love you
GC
It's not the words "Time heals everything"
GCG
That made my dreams come true
CDGDG
I married her just because she looks like you
CDGDGG
I married her just because she looks like you