You Had To Be There Chords by Tim Mcgraw
Tempo:
73.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [D] [G]
[Em] [A] [G] [D]
He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he [A] touched the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D]
But boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
[A] The man said, Oh, come on,
Better [Bm] late than [G] never, don't you think?
[D] He said, I read it in the paper,
[G] Can't believe you're twenty-one,
[A] Can't believe some son of mine
Could [G] do the things I hear you've done.
[D]
He went on like some big hero,
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
Scare [G] me right, man, it's [Bm] too late.
[D] You had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was nine.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
And I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my [D] tail,
I never thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's [D] prayers.
[A] You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
[G] Hate you hate me like [D] you do.
[A] The boy said, Dried up, man,
[G] We ain't making this about you.
[D] It's about a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and [D] dry.
[A] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
[D] But you had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was a knight.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my tail,
I never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's prayers.
You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
Before the boy hung up the phone,
[G] He said, they say I'm out of time.
[A] And it hit the man right there and there,
[G] My godson, so am I.
[Em] [A] [G] [D]
He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he [A] touched the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D]
But boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
[A] The man said, Oh, come on,
Better [Bm] late than [G] never, don't you think?
[D] He said, I read it in the paper,
[G] Can't believe you're twenty-one,
[A] Can't believe some son of mine
Could [G] do the things I hear you've done.
[D]
He went on like some big hero,
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
Scare [G] me right, man, it's [Bm] too late.
[D] You had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was nine.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
And I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my [D] tail,
I never thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's [D] prayers.
[A] You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
[G] Hate you hate me like [D] you do.
[A] The boy said, Dried up, man,
[G] We ain't making this about you.
[D] It's about a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and [D] dry.
[A] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
[D] But you had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was a knight.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my tail,
I never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's prayers.
You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
Before the boy hung up the phone,
[G] He said, they say I'm out of time.
[A] And it hit the man right there and there,
[G] My godson, so am I.
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he [A] touched the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D]
But boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
[A] The man said, Oh, come on,
Better [Bm] late than [G] never, don't you think?
[D] He said, I read it in the paper,
[G] Can't believe you're twenty-one,
[A] Can't believe some son of mine
Could [G] do the things I hear you've done.
[D]
He went on like some big hero,
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
Scare [G] me right, man, it's [Bm] too late.
[D] You had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was nine.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
And I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my [D] tail,
I never thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's [D] prayers.
_ [A] _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
[G] Hate you hate me like [D] you do.
[A] The boy said, Dried up, man,
[G] We ain't making this about you.
[D] It's about a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and [D] dry.
[A] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
[D] But you had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was a knight.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my tail,
I never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's prayers.
_ _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
Before the boy hung up the phone,
[G] He said, they say I'm out of time.
[A] And it hit the man right there and there,
[G] My godson, so am I. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he [A] touched the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D]
But boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
[A] The man said, Oh, come on,
Better [Bm] late than [G] never, don't you think?
[D] He said, I read it in the paper,
[G] Can't believe you're twenty-one,
[A] Can't believe some son of mine
Could [G] do the things I hear you've done.
[D]
He went on like some big hero,
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
Scare [G] me right, man, it's [Bm] too late.
[D] You had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was nine.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
And I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my [D] tail,
I never thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's [D] prayers.
_ [A] _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
[G] Hate you hate me like [D] you do.
[A] The boy said, Dried up, man,
[G] We ain't making this about you.
[D] It's about a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and [D] dry.
[A] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
[D] But you had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man should [G] talk through glass
To his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And [A] teach me how when I was a knight.
[Bm] Cause my mama [A] couldn't throw a ball,
[G] Even if she [A] had the time.
I should [Em] have been learning how to fish,
[D] Instead of learning how to smoke.
[G] I better do to up my tail,
I never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mama's prayers.
_ _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
Before the boy hung up the phone,
[G] He said, they say I'm out of time.
[A] And it hit the man right there and there,
[G] My godson, so am I. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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