Repeat this twice before starting the verses E--------3--------3--------- A--------2--0h2---2--------- D--------0-----0--0--------- G--7--5--0--------0--0h3p0-- B--8--5--0--------0--------- E--7--5--3--------3--------- On the inside flap of a matchbook cover She made me the kind of offer No man in a weak state could have run from I tried to think What a gentleman would say That's turning that kind Of opportunity away I tried my best To tell her I'm not the right one Like no man in his wrong heart would've done N.C. I said no ma'am like no man would have said if he wasn't in love With you the way I am It would've been easy for me to be a goner But something a whole lot stronger made me run (play intro lick) Like no man in his wrong heart would've done Didn't want her to think that I wasn't flattered Her interest in me, believe me it mattered So I dropped several quarters in that old juke box I said ñI want you to dance all night on me In a lucky man's arms, whoever he might be Then I hit that door like I was shot from a gun Like no man in his wrong heart wouldÍve done I said no ma'am like no man Would have said if he wasn't in love With you the way I am It would've been easy for me to be a goner But something a whole lot stronger made me run Like no man in his wrong heart would've done Like no man in his wrong heart *Repeat and fade