Chords for You Had To Be There
Tempo:
73.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [G]
[A] [E] [G]
[D] He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he touched [B] the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D] The boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
The man [A] said, Oh, come on,
Better late [G] than 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 do [G] the things I hear you've done.
He [D] went on like some big hero
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
You scare [G] me right, man, it's [A] too late.
You [D] had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man
Should talk [G] through glass to his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And teach [A] 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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mom's prayers.
You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
I [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]
About a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and dry.
[B] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
But you [D] 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 lad.
[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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd 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.
[A] 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 in the eye.
[G] My God, son, so am I.
[A] [E] [G]
[D] He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he touched [B] the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D] The boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
The man [A] said, Oh, come on,
Better late [G] than 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 do [G] the things I hear you've done.
He [D] went on like some big hero
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
You scare [G] me right, man, it's [A] too late.
You [D] had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man
Should talk [G] through glass to his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And teach [A] 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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mom's prayers.
You [D] had to be there.
[G] [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
I [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]
About a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and dry.
[B] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
But you [D] 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 lad.
[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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd 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.
[A] 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 in the eye.
[G] My God, son, so am I.
Key:
G
A
D
Bm
Em
G
A
D
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
[D] He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he touched [B] the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D] The boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
The man [A] said, Oh, come on,
Better late [G] than 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 do [G] the things I hear you've done.
He [D] went on like some big hero
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
You scare [G] me right, man, it's [A] too late.
You [D] had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man
Should talk [G] through glass to his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And teach [A] 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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mom's prayers.
_ _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
I [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]
About a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and dry.
[B] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
But you [D] 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 lad.
[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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd 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.
[A] _ _ _ 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 in the eye.
[G] My God, son, so am I. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
[D] He sat down, picked up the phone, [G] said,
Boy, I'm your old man.
And he touched [B] the glass between the two,
[G] As if to shake his hand.
[D] The boy, he didn't budge,
Not [G] even so much as a blink.
The man [A] said, Oh, come on,
Better late [G] than 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 do [G] the things I hear you've done.
He [D] went on like some big hero
[G] Who flew in to save the day.
[A] And the boy said, If you're here,
You scare [G] me right, man, it's [A] too late.
You [D] had to be there.
[A] And from talking from day one,
[Bm] That's the only [A] time a man
Should talk [G] through glass to his [A] new son.
And you'd [D] have to go back
And teach [A] 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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd never [D] thought it was a joke.
He said, [Em] sometimes the will for doing wrong
[D] Is way too strong for any [A] mom's prayers.
_ _ _ You [D] had to be there.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D]
The man said, Boy, I'm sorry,
I [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]
About a teenage girl against the world
[G] Who was left there high and dry.
[B] About a kid who might have stood
A whole [G] lot better shot at life.
But you [D] 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 lad.
[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 bet if you'd have worn my tail,
I'd 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.
[A] _ _ _ 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 in the eye.
[G] My God, son, so am I. _ _ _ _ _ _ _