I Just Married Her Because She Looked Like You Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays342

I Just Married Her Because She Looked Like You by Lyle Lovett is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			KEY OF Bb: , play in G 
 
G D 2G 
 
 
 G                C                     G 
Its not the words "You know I'll always love you" 
G                     D                  G 
It's not the words "I wish that I could stay" 
  G                           G7           C 
It's more the way your lips looked as you spoke them 
 G                     D              G 
And how the moonlight fell upon your face 
C   D      G          D                    G 
I married her just because she looks like you 
 
 
         D                               C             G 
And for every time you said no she says honey I'll be glad to 
         D                               C               D 
And for every time you left me she says darling I'll be there 
G                  C        
It's not the words "You'll get over me" 
      G        C          G 
That made my dreams come true 
C   D      G          D                   G 
I married her just because she looks like you 
 
 
G C 2G C G D 2G 
 
     D                               C                 G 
And if I had not searched for you I never would have found her 
    D                        C                       D 
And if I had not loved you I would never have known love 
G                           C 
It's not the words "Please try to forget me" 
      G         C         G 
That made my dreams come true 
C  D      G           D                    G 
I married her just because she looks like you 
 
 
 
         D                               C                 G 
And for every time you knocked me down she reaches out to help me 
         D                                C               D 
And for every time you cursed me she says darling I love you 
 G                  C 
It's not the words "Time heals everything" 
      G        C          G 
That made my dreams come true 
C  D       G           D                  G 
I married her just because she looks like you 
C  D       G           D                   G  C D G 
I married her just because she looks like you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante