C F C [Verse 1] C I thought I knew the girl so well F C If she was sad I couldn't tell I missed the point, I missed the signs F C So if she's gone the fault is mine Dm C I know, I know a whole lot of little things Dm C And even though I confess them one by one Gsus4 G She would still be gone [Chorus] C Her eyes are blue, her hair is long F G C In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge F Her favorite song is "In My Life" G Am I memorized her every move C F I knew her books, her car, her clothes C F G F C But I paid no attention to what mattered most [Verse 2] C I never asked, she never said F C And when she cried I turned my head C She dreamed her dreams behind closed doors F C That made them easy to ignore Dm C And I know, I know I missed the forest for the trees Dm C And all I have to show oh when she walked out the door Gsus4 G The cold facts and nothing more [Chorus] C Her eyes are blue, her hair is long F G C In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge F Her favorite song is "In My Life" G Am I memorized her every move C F I knew her books, her car, her clothes C F G F C But I paid no attention to what mattered most [Chorus] C Her eyes are blue, her hair is long F G C In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge F Her father's tall, her mother's gone G C She moved out west when she was two C F The way she laughed, the way she loved G C Oh my God what did I do