My First Time Hearing Tim McGraw's Don't take the Girl

[@frame3139]

“Country music is three chords, and a broken heart” - Hank Williams

[@seanscanlon9067]

Or Three Chords And The Truth, a Sara Evans song.

[@shelleytorok1406]

I've heard it as 3 Chords and the truth. That sound you love ❤️ is the steel guitar.

[@theilluminator89]

That country sound you're talking about is called steel guitar. Also this song always hits me in the feels.

[@MISSV3R0N1CA]

I've heard this song hundreds of times, I still cry every time.🧡😭

[@marshallhenderson1253]

Went to the comments to say that exact thing.

[@byrtoff]

Yeah Tim knew what he was doing leaving it hanging.

[@chrystiancutright9092]

I think you mean Slide Guitar. It's a technique, not an instrument type; though they are commonly used together. Bravo for offering up the answer though, I came to the comments to answer it too.

[@jimbeam1292]

Chrystian Cutright slide is the "style" and steel is the "instrument". You can slide play most guitars to some level. Steel guitars come in lap, pedal and traditional styles.

[@pressonc]

I’m a 36 year old man, and I’ve been weeping like a baby over this song since I was 10 years old. I’ve lost several loves over the years, and this song just gets deeper meaning by the year.

[@shawnowens8851]

I'm 50 and the only time this song doesn't make me cry is when I happen to sing it.

[@godimlarge]

Been in love with this song since I was about 7 years old.

[@johnhuey-go2ju]

38 now, eveytime! I'm a hip hop guy but this is one of my favorite songs of all time!

[@sickbeatsproductions6664]

@@johnhuey-go2jusame here can’t go wrong with Tim McGraw at all

[@Red_Bearded_Dad]

I prayed like that when my 3 month old daughter had pneumonia in the ICU. She was struggling just to breath. I prayed the very hardest I've ever prayed in my entire life. I'm 43 and this song puts that dust right in my eye every time. Children change a man.

[@kevinbaker1476]

You're not alone, Almost everyone has needed a tissue hearing this song. Some of still do, even after 20 yrs.

[@TheNomadWandering]

The mother survived

[@chris20874]

Tissue? you needed a tissue? What kind of a man are you? Don't get me wrong I cry like a big fat man baby every time I've heard this song for the last 28 years....but I don't use a tissue :-)

[@charlesrummel8343]

The woman survives and is running up at the end. I cry every time I watch it

[@beachie]

"Do I need tissues?" Yes. Yes, you do.

[@thomasarussellsr]

If she is reviewing country slow songs, she should just keep a box handy by/on the viewing sofa.

[@MCscarfacematt]

my response to that was no not yet but you will🤣🤣

[@johnlwhite6848]

Country music is about real life and things that are relative to real life experiences. Not always but most of the time. It comes from the heart Vince Gill wrote and sang a song called Go Rest High on the Mountain and that was about his brother that passed away. Listen to it 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@garyblackburn849]

I am not a big fan of country music, but I do like a lot of individual artists. Vince Gill has the singing voice I wish I had.

[@jeffreyjameson5510]

Johnl White yes she should listen to Vince. For one thing, he loves the steel guitar and had one of the best in the business play with him for years. I posted a link to him doing Together Again in another comment.

[@aprilcorbett]

@@jeffreyjameson5510 wow, you are so right! In my personal opinion, John Huey is the best steel player to ever live & worked with Vince up until his death I believe

[@MattPhizzle]

That's a great song. Vince has an incredible voice. She should listen to Home Free's cover of that song once she hears the original. Definitely should hear Vince's version, the original version, first before the cover by Home Free, but those guys do a great job on it.

[@thomasarussellsr]

@@MattPhizzle YES! Both, but the original first. Home Free's version is spectacular, but no-one compares to Vince on most every Vince Gill song.

[@ericwaybright9038]

"The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery. Make sure you have plenty of tissues

[@mc3500]

Yes, this. I came down here to post it and you beat me to it.

[@IZPC]

Yes this one please

[@weedarkhawk1539]

That one hits home for my buddies that and for our troops and service men and women letters from home

[@OldBoiler62]

Probably a whole box.

[@mattdandersn]

She may want tissues for that one.

[@snookyrichards9519]

Tim is so young in this video. He still sings songs that touch my and others hearts. Goosebumps!! Still tears me up realizing just how blessed my life has been.

[@Werebare]

Incredible song and reaction, tear up every time. Notice the lady at the end with a picnic basket, that was Johnny’s wife and the baby is Johnny Jr. I also enjoy his song Please Remember Me. Another tear jerker is Alan Jackson, Remember When, but in a happy way.

[@Slvrdrgn77d]

I love how the meaning of the same phrase "Don't take the girl" changes as we get older. From the meaning of anybody else but her to let me be with her the rest of my life.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

Craig Morgan "Almost Home" , Kathy Mattea "Where've you Been?"

[@ditzfough]

Where've you been came her to suggest it.

[@AustinKimberlingPGM]

Great reaction. If you want another one, "Whiskey Lullaby" Brad Paisley

[@mc3500]

Yes!!!

[@binyominsilverman1592]

@Chloe Kennedy crate

[@daisydelafuente1710]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@brentmcgill8770]

Yessssir

[@smileysalvatore7341]

I did sign language song to that (BSL) yeah it's on my youtube “videos” but I love it so much it hurts as much its sad 😭

[@justinsanders7966]

Darlin you need to listen to Kieth Whitley "when you say nothing at all" and "don't close your eyes" this man is probably the most purest voice in country music!! Please give him a listen!!

[@gynnethroso623]

Totally agree. "Don't Close Your Eyes" is one of my all time favorites. I also like "I'm No Stranger to the Rain".

[@roddyjo.76]

Also "Tell Laurie i Love Her"

[@lestersnyder4557]

This one hits hard. When my wife was seven months pregnant her blood pressure skyrocketed and they misdiagnosed her with preeclampsia. They did an emergency C-section but her blood pressure kept rising and she dropped into a coma. For 3 days I paced the floor at the hospital. They kept telling me to go home and rest but there was no way I could sleep. We took turns icing her and washing her face with cold rags. It seemed like an eternity before she opened her eyes. She finally came out of the coma and we got to keep her for 16 more years. I don't know if you'll get this comment so long after posting this video. If you do, watch the very end of the video again. You'll see in the background Johnnie grown up taking his son fishing and his wife and their second child come into view just as the song ends. So his prayers were answered.

[@Jimsc245]

Gitana you have a beautiful heart and a beautiful soul please don't ever change

[@odinspromise]

This song always hits me right in the heart. Tim McGraw is definitely one of country music's Giants. I own everything Tim's released that I've been able to get my hands on! PEACE!!!!!

[@thomasrocker7408]

Good job! Now another great song is He Didn't Have to Be by Brad Paisley. You will love it.

[@pnwcruiser]

Second.

[@mc3500]

Third. Yes!

[@jamesbarlow3344]

If you watch at the very end, you'll understand that when he goes back to "Johnny's daddy was taking him fishing when he was 8 yrs old", the video shows the new little one, Johnny Jr., and you see the mom go to them. She lives.

[@ROG958]

she lived. Thats her at the end.

[@tomdixon2959]

Yes, that actually goes with the theme of the previous stuff. His wish was granted, except of course the first one when he was 8. ;-)

[@GitanaAdelle]

Got it afterwards 🙈🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JaHawkey70]

Holy shit i never realized that. I feel like my life has been a lie. hahaha

[@mikepeca18]

You're wrong. She died. That's another little girl. Basically the story starts again with his son and another little girl.

[@mackmcnall]

@@mikepeca18 That is not another little girl, that is clearly the mom coming along with a picnic basket.

[@pnwcruiser]

Tim McGraw "Humble and Kind"; beautifully edited video (the official version with Oprah's video not the live version) and a worthy message. Not sad, but beautiful enough to bring one to tears.

[@meganmccreary3936]

Love this song. Glad that at the very end you see the mom running behind them. Most people miss that the first time. I sure did.

[@catfishandcoleslaw]

Oh yes- “Where’ve you been” is a great one!

[@jppm31056]

the year this was done my wife passed away and to this day I can't stop crying when I hear this song, I close my eyes and see her face again. I would give anything if it was me not her, she was everything to me.

[@adammcallister6499]

Country music especially songs from the 80’s and 90’s do tell stories and I believe there’s a country song for almost every emotion. I grew up on country music of the 90’s and I love it.

[@lgarnes1]

Ugh! I got choked up after the first line! EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Love this song.

[@boydotero4239]

Another song that will grab you by the "heart" is Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel"!

[@pgreeso]

Independence Day is a great one also. Such a strong message

[@joannajohnson8210]

This song is beautiful and hard. Martina uses her talent to highlight subjects that most people shy away from.

[@gta2281]

If you do Concrete Angel bring tissues. In fact, if you're reacting to a country song that isnt blatantly upbeat you should bring tissues just incase.

[@timwicke2836]

Blackhawk that's just about right. A good 90's country song

[@stanleymerritt2893]

What's not to like? You are beautiful, patriotic and intelligent. I can't imagine anyone greater.

[@billmarshall5040]

Beautiful reaction! This song get me every time! 😭😭. The girl survived! She was at there at the end 😊 You should Love Me by Collin Raye!

[@doanfairley7737]

My wife passed away from cancer last year. We were married for 26 years. I watch your videos and they make me smile. It is tough going through firsts without her. Thank you for what you do.

[@daviddyer6687]

One of my favorite country songs

[@jonkeefer6865]

i live this song. met my wife when we were 19. i am 41 currently. she passed away from cancer in june 2019, leaving me and our 2 boys. this song gets me every time.

[@golfer1502]

Stay by Sugarland is a good one might need a tissue though

[@frankgrider9128]

Or a box of tissues

[@thomasarussellsr]

I'll second this one.

[@johnmcelroy5804]

On one hand, it is very sad, but on the other, it is also a testament to the power of love. It makes me tear up every time I hear it.

[@Tarlkov]

Any man who has found a real love, sheds tears when he hears this song. It hits you very hard in the feels..

[@timlafferty4363]

This will make you cry :( Great Song

[@jameskoralewski1006]

Try Tim McGraw's song "Live like you were dying".

[@Loki646]

That song was released in the same month I said good-bye to my father to Cancer. One of the things he said to me in his final days was he hoped I would live my life as if today was my last.... something that stays with me 16 years later and still makes the song hurt.

[@Kodi093]

It's a beautiful story of a father teaching his son about life. And life experiences. And the fact the father used his to teach his son way they can't leave the girl behind and how each stage of life the woman plays a different role in a mans life

[@MLGB0Yz]

I knew my wife since I was 8 years old, I reconnected with her 11 years later and it was a beautiful relationship, we faced adversity and then we had a kid and she didn’t think she could, but prayer was great. Then her and my baby died in a car accident and that call from police changed my life, I was with friends and then I isolated myself and did many drugs and gambled and after losing all my money, I became homeless. But I’m thankful to God for not giving up on me, so I work for Him full time now and I’m still homeless, no money, but He provides. So this song definitely is close to me, but not spot on. I don’t know if I could ever love a woman as much as I did her, but I know love God more than any woman and that’s what keeps me going. God bless

[@tgates0314]

The beautiful thing about the art of music is how it talks to your emotions. Happy songs make you FEEL happy. Sad songs make you FEEL sad. You experience it, you don't just hear it.

[@Darth_Lunas]

My wife and I had our first child, a little girl and a day after we came home, my wife said she didnt feel well. We rushed her to the hospital and they admitted her. Her blood pressure was extremely high. It was preaclampsia. After two days, she came out if it...barely. I told Mother Nature if she took my wife, I'd burn this planet down and my daughter and I would rebuild it in my wifes image.

[@planojag595]

My favorite songs from the great Tim McGraw are Don’t Take the Girl (thank you for this one!), When She Wakes Up, One of These Days, Just To See You Smile, Can’t Be Really Gone, I Do But I Don’t, Angry All the Time, Grown Men Don’t Cry, Back When, My Little Girl, Everywhere, You Had To Be There, and If You’re Reading This.

[@missscarlett6667]

This was one of the first song that I really remembered getting to my emotions. My parents were big country music fans and this was very popular on the country radio station here in California. It made me so sad. And I remember as a kid feeling so relieved when I finally saw the video and realized that she lived and that's the girl in the very end.

[@Chrissy-pf5pd]

I will admit I shed a couple tears. That was lovely. Thank you!

[@K3mbusm]

This is why I love country music. You can’t find stories like these in other genres.

[@robo4071]

Gitana, every time that you cry in a reaction, I cry with you. I am sure that I am not the only one. I love your reactions.

[@kesleycottrell1416]

Country music is about life. It's best described as three chords and the truth.

[@deannakinsman6790]

This one gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME...💔😢💔😢💔

[@chuckles757]

I'm so happy this is the song of his you are reacting to! My favorite from him!

[@chuckles757]

And it goes without saying at this point another great reaction!

[@jimclifford1241]

Beautiful reaction young lady. Thanks for sharing.

[@jdodd2798]

I agree with others! Kathy Matthea's Where've You Been?

[@jasonneely4412]

This one is a strong one for me. This has a strong personal meaning to me. Reminds me of a special lady I lost.

[@michaelfarmer6877]

That sound you like so much is called a steel guitar. Country music uses it quite a bit. 80's and 90's country is some of the best country music.

[@rodneyhert2148]

My brother and I used to sing this song to our girlfriends growing up. One day he got into an accident and the momeng I saw him with tubes cominv out of his body, I blanked out and everyone in the room told me I hit my knees and repeated the last verse. He was out of the hospital in 2 weeks. Our bond has never been stronger.

[@sherm4421]

one of the few country songs i like. always gets me by the feels. nice reaction

[@lissalives1]

Gorgeous. You and your reaction. 💕♥️💕

[@davehoag1302]

Always tugs at the heart strings

[@rjspear]

I have only watched a couple of your reaction videos. I love that you share your real feelings. Thanks for doing a very enjoyable reactions.

[@billskelton3701]

Don't know where you are young lady, but I an a 63 year old form northwest South Carolina Raised on this kind of music since the 1960s. Ove my life I have listened to all types of music, but country will always have my heart.

[@rickwallace8747]

The still guitar was the only guitar way back in the day for country music. Great reaction Stay Safe

[@patrickmcdonald4820]

Thanks a lot I have avoided this song for years. It reminds me of the love of my life I can’t get over loosing her it’s been 15 years

[@GMWILD87]

Steve Wariners - holes in the floor of heaven is an amazing song and it was my grandfather's favorite song he passed June 30th of last year.

[@johnlwhite6848]

Now you’re listening to MUSIC hey Lucky 👋 you are the luckiest man l know 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@amberhouchin1322]

This is my most favorite country song of all time. I ended up in a KZbin wormhole and found this. But you loving these song has meant a lot to me. ❤️

[@aprilcorbett]

That my Dear is a pedal Steel Guitar : ) I think I mentioned on here before that my husband passed at 37 last December, well I am proud to say he was a phenomenal steel guitar player, it was his job. Its a totally beautiful instrument

[@donnilloyd1355]

Originally released in 1994, and I loved it then too. Wow. For a story with no real ending, it makes you think. Good ending? Bad ending? But, it captured a lot of hearts. Great Post.

[@davidphillips4476]

This song always sets me on edge. lost my first daughter just after her birth and would have traded anything in the world at that time for her to have a chance. So yah don't take the girl is special. Anyone That has lost or nearly lost a loved one can relate. That's what country music is at it's core, learning life's happenings. I listen to all genres but when i want a story I go to country. Concrete Angel by Martina McBride is one of the most impactful videos I've ever seen. Makes you sad mad angry and punches you in the gut and the heart.

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

The pedal steel guitar is by far my favorite musical instrument; that and the fiddle. "When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar, you're listenin' to the sound of the American heart..."

[@karlcarr9784]

I love that Tim didnt actually show or say if the mother died or not. It allows us to choose our own ending in our heads.

[@mikebunner3498]

Girl trust me, you do not need to say sorry. I believe you are a parent. I often cry from this video, you are not alone...

[@darter187]

the very best reaction i have ever seen on here love it when you and your hubby do any together

[@robertrogers104]

I just want to say in case you didn't catch it she doesn't die, I know that's not always the case because I've been in similar situations and have lost the person a few times but in this case the last verse of Johnny's Daddy was takinghim fishing is Johnny Sr taking Johnny Jr and it shows the Mom following with a picnic basket. Just wanted to mention that but yeah that song is one of my favorites and still makes me tear up.

[@blakechaney4030]

This was one of my grandmas favorite songs and 2 years ago I watched her in the hospital while she faded away from us and this is my second birthday without her and I always cry when I listen to this thank you for reacting to this

[@ericshepard6669]

I've heard that song a lot of times.... I choke up every single time.

[@APatriotRevival]

I enjoyed seeing you talking about the "country sound" LOL. It's a steel guitar and they are beautiful instruments. They're sadly being lost to time but they remain in many old country and rock songs.

[@adamsmith8370]

It’s ok baby girl, I’m a 68 year old man and I cry every time I hear it...

[@wajj1842]

How's that for a gut-wrenching sad song? No body can do that like a country music song writer. Any man that's ever deeply loved a woman can be brought to his knees with that song. But that's what I want from a song---make me FEEL deeply. An that's what I want from a reactor---someone who FEELS deeply and doesn't try to hide it. Love you, Gitana. 😢💕

[@scotthawton7637]

The Steel guitar makes country music!

[@mattholland8966]

Country music takes you by the heart sometimes. But it always is emotional and that's the appeal. It connects with us all if you let it.

[@gunnyobrien9758]

For me I said a similar prayer that Johnny did in the video 2 times in 2020 once when my husband was diagnosed with cancer the other when my husband went on Hospice at home 3 weeks before he died from the cancer.

[@timgibbons4724]

Sweetheart you are an absolute breath of fresh air and tops amongs the reactors. Thank you for being so genuine and down to earth.

[@MFSMUG]

That song gets me every single time.

[@jeffreyjameson5510]

Steel guitar is an art in itself. They can make those thing cry and sound like trains. Played on a table top kind of set up with a steel slide.

[@lefty3141591]

Back in the day, Stella Parton had a wonderful Steel Guitar player. I loved her song Steady as the Rain in large part because of the Steel Guitar in it.

[@jeffreyjameson5510]

Vince Gill is a classic country artist with a voice smoother than silk. He absolutely loves the steel guitar and has one of the best steel players in his band. Check this video out. Nice close up solo of his steel player doing his thing! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpe2lKKiprdglbs

[@jeffreyjameson5510]

Mark T have you heard Dolly’s version of this on her The Grass is Blue album from 20 years ago? It’s very good too. They use Dobro on that whole record being bluegrass and all.

[@shawngibson5654]

My wife passed away in 2009 this song and I miss my friend are two of the songs that still hit home

[@tobyjohnmedicinehorse8784]

Country music is about telling a story, and they pick songs that make you feel something.

[@rjhopper8699]

So by far my favorite song growing up

[@stephaniekissel1178]

This song was popular the summer we nearly lost my mom and little sister from a botched c-section. My sister has verbal apraxia and my mother is missing most of her large intestines, but they both made it through by the grace of God. Mom recovered enough to help my sister learn to talk (almost) normally and to have another baby 2 years later. I like to think I've heard this song enough that I'm immune to crying, being raised on country music and all. But sometimes it still manages to catch me off guard, because it reminds me of how my dad and I nearly lost 3 of the most important people in our lives, and all he and mom had to go through to get us where we are today.

[@chrisballard468]

i have loved this song for years i am 30 years old and this song still makes me cry a little every darn time

[@NASCARROCKS]

I've listened to this song a millions of times and each and every time I makes me cry don't matter how many times I listen to it gets me every time

[@gta2281]

I'm 33 years old. I first heard this song when I was like 12. That was the year i got into country music while visiting my mom in Florida. This one is one of a handful that always stuck with me. Until i saw the video i always thought she died. As i got older the lyrics really hit home for me. The duality of it and how the father says he'll change his mind and he both does and yet doesnt. Dont take the girl starts off as not wanting her around and morphs into not wanting to be without her and ends with being willing to die for her. It's a sentiment that lodged in my heart and has never left. I think i've finally found my girl and I'd give anything, do anything to make sure I don't lose her.

[@ataurus2at]

I've heard this song a 100 times and it still gets me! You should do more more Tim McGraw! He's one of my favorites 💕

[@mikebunner3498]

Tim's father was a major league baseball pitcher - Tug. I enjoy the story of Tim's music. The original music from this genre shared this format. Songs about life.

[@b3r3tta95]

This song takes me back to the 3rd grade. Me and another person listened to this every day on a walkman at recess.

[@b3r3tta95]

This and check yes or no. It was my first crush.

[@davidshelp7116]

Tim McGraw is one of the best ballad singers in America. I felt the same way when I heard this song.

[@IZPC]

A must reaction. Vince Gill- Go rest high on that mountain. He wrote the song after the passing of his brother in 1993. Note a line in the song- no stranger to the rain- a song by Keith Whitley who passed in 1989.

[@telemperor]

Lost my mom, sister and aunt when I was 5. My father and grandmother were also in the car but survived. My understanding of what my father said when he regained consciousness was something similar. Then they asked him to decide whether my 3 y.o. sister should be put on life support. That was 40 years ago, he still blames himself. To me to this song is my Dad

[@telemperor]

@ thank you, 41 years later, I'm older than my mom was and I live my life as if there are no tomorrows. Say I love you, every time you part, that should never rest on your soul.

[@kevinpoulton4786]

Loving to see some explore the huge world of country music, it gets written off by so many, yet so many gems and stories you can relate too.