One That Got Away Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

Sitting iC♯mn a tree Efreezing on thC♯me last day of turkeEy season

No he C♯mdon't think he'll get him aE spring hen but heA's got some Old CrowB7 anyway

Big one Amgoes by while heE dreams of tAhe waitress he forgotB7 to pay

But there'sA plenty more wheEre she came from he dAon't care abouB7t the one thaEt got away

Verse 2

Copper sits outside the Quick Mart scratching lotto tickets in his squad car

Taking a break from pointing his radar at drunk drivers on the interstate

Three scratch offs and one for the big game but he still can't retire today

But that crackhead who was standing right behind him can 'cause he bought the one that got away

Verse 3

Fellow asked me and my buddy to drive a car across the country

Wasn't too sure but I sure needed the money me and my friend we said “okay”

We popped the trunk at a rest stop found somebody in there starting to decay

Last month's big game ticket in his pocket too late for the one that got away

Verse 4

Girl majors in history with an English minor she's got her notebook sitting right beside her

To pay tuition she's working at a diner serving drunk drivers on the interstate

She still dreams of the one with the bright blue eyes who told her she'd be modeling someday

But he ran out on his check and he didn't leave a tip “goddamn” she says “the ones that get away”