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[Verse 1]
                D      G                 D
It was a foggy mornin',   south of San Jose
         D            A       Bm                Em              G
We were sittin' in a crowded coffee shop, with nothin' left to say
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My cup grew cold and a teardrop rolled down her cheek and I brushed it away
      G            A              D
I remember it all just like yesterday

[Chorus]
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And I see it now, I feel it still
        G             A             D
It's a day I can't forget and never will
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And I hear her voice on the winds of Abilene
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She used to call me Texas and I called her Norma Jean


[Verse 2]
A              D                    G        D
Still see her wavin'   through the radiator steam
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She was stranded by the roadside, on her way to bigger things
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She threw her bags in back, said she liked my hat, her name was Marilyn Justine
  G              A          D
I fell into her California dream

[Chorus]
D     F#m     G              D
And I see it now, I feel it still
        G            A              D
It's a day I can't forget and never will
D      F#m       G                      D    F 
And I hear her voice on the winds of Abilene
    Em      F#m      G           A                D
She used to call me Texas and I called her Norma Jean

[Bridge]
         G                           D
Yeah we took a lotta detours on our windin' way out west
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Livin' for the moment, forgettin' all the rest
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The life that she had waitin' and the one I left behind
            Em                                    A
And now I'm back here tryin' to sort it out, one fence post at a time
         D                                                    G
In that coffee shop, the road just stopped, and we faced reality
                              A               D
The place that she was goin' had no place for me

[Chorus]
D     F#m     G              D
And I see it now, I feel it still
        G             A              D
It's a day I can't forget and never will
D     F#m        G                     D     F
And I hear her voice on the winds of Abilene
    Em      F#m       G          A                 D
She used to call me Texas and I called her Norma Jean
G        A                D
Yeah, I called her Norma Jean