Chords for Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To Be (Official Video)
Tempo:
72.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m] [A] Stop.
Please turn around.
[D] One more.
[A] [D] .
[A] When a single mom goes out on a [D] date with somebody [A] new, [D] [E] it always winds up feeling more like.
a job [A] interview.
My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone [E] that wouldn't find out about me and.
then turn [A] around and run.
[D] [A] I met the man I call my [D] dad when I was five years old.
He [E] took my mom out to a movie and for once I [A] got to go.
[D] [A] A few months later I [D] remember lying there in bed.
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that [A] she'd say yes.
[Bm] And then all of a sudden, [E] oh, it seemed so strange to me [A] how we went from something's.
missing to [D] a family.
[A] [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for me [A] [D] .
[A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
[A] I met the girl that's now my [D] wife about three years ago.
[E] We had a perfect marriage but we wanted something [A] more.
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends.
[E] Crowded around the nursery window as they bring the [A] baby in.
And [Bm] now all of a sudden, oh, [E] it seems so strange to me how [A] we've gone from something's missing.
to [D] a family.
[A] [Bm] Looking through the glass I [E] think about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me.
[D] .
[A] [Bm] And I hope I'm at [F#m] least [E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
[Bm] [E] .
[Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for [E] [A] me [D] .
[A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
Because he didn't have [A] to be.
[D].
You know he didn't [A] have to be.
[D] [A] [D] .
[A] .
Please turn around.
[D] One more.
[A] [D] .
[A] When a single mom goes out on a [D] date with somebody [A] new, [D] [E] it always winds up feeling more like.
a job [A] interview.
My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone [E] that wouldn't find out about me and.
then turn [A] around and run.
[D] [A] I met the man I call my [D] dad when I was five years old.
He [E] took my mom out to a movie and for once I [A] got to go.
[D] [A] A few months later I [D] remember lying there in bed.
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that [A] she'd say yes.
[Bm] And then all of a sudden, [E] oh, it seemed so strange to me [A] how we went from something's.
missing to [D] a family.
[A] [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for me [A] [D] .
[A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
[A] I met the girl that's now my [D] wife about three years ago.
[E] We had a perfect marriage but we wanted something [A] more.
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends.
[E] Crowded around the nursery window as they bring the [A] baby in.
And [Bm] now all of a sudden, oh, [E] it seems so strange to me how [A] we've gone from something's missing.
to [D] a family.
[A] [Bm] Looking through the glass I [E] think about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me.
[D] .
[A] [Bm] And I hope I'm at [F#m] least [E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
[Bm] [E] .
[Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for [E] [A] me [D] .
[A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
[D] .
Because he didn't have [A] to be.
[D].
You know he didn't [A] have to be.
[D] [A] [D] .
[A] .
Key:
A
D
E
Bm
F#m
A
D
E
[C#m] _ [A] Stop.
Please turn around.
[D] One more.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
[A] When a single mom goes out on a [D] date with somebody [A] new, [D] [E] it always winds up feeling more like.
a job [A] interview.
My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone [E] that wouldn't find out about me and.
then turn [A] around and run.
_ [D] [A] I met the man I call my [D] dad when I was five years old.
He [E] took my mom out to a movie and for once I [A] got to go.
[D] [A] A few months later I [D] remember lying there in bed.
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that [A] she'd say yes.
[Bm] And then all of a sudden, [E] oh, it seemed so strange to me [A] how we went from something's.
missing to [D] a family.
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for me _ [A] _ [D] _ .
_ [A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D] _ .
_ _ [A] I met the girl that's now my [D] wife about three years ago.
[E] We had a perfect marriage but we wanted something [A] more.
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends.
[E] Crowded around the nursery window as they bring the [A] baby in.
And [Bm] now all of a sudden, oh, [E] it seems so strange to me how [A] we've gone from something's missing.
to [D] a family.
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking through the glass I [E] think about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me.
[D] _ .
_ _ [A] [Bm] And I hope I'm at [F#m] least [E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for _ [E] [A] me [D] _ .
_ [A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D] _ .
Because he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D].
You know he didn't [A] have to be.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ .
Please turn around.
[D] One more.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
[A] When a single mom goes out on a [D] date with somebody [A] new, [D] [E] it always winds up feeling more like.
a job [A] interview.
My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone [E] that wouldn't find out about me and.
then turn [A] around and run.
_ [D] [A] I met the man I call my [D] dad when I was five years old.
He [E] took my mom out to a movie and for once I [A] got to go.
[D] [A] A few months later I [D] remember lying there in bed.
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that [A] she'd say yes.
[Bm] And then all of a sudden, [E] oh, it seemed so strange to me [A] how we went from something's.
missing to [D] a family.
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for me _ [A] _ [D] _ .
_ [A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D] _ .
_ _ [A] I met the girl that's now my [D] wife about three years ago.
[E] We had a perfect marriage but we wanted something [A] more.
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends.
[E] Crowded around the nursery window as they bring the [A] baby in.
And [Bm] now all of a sudden, oh, [E] it seems so strange to me how [A] we've gone from something's missing.
to [D] a family.
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking through the glass I [E] think about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me.
[D] _ .
_ _ [A] [Bm] And I hope I'm at [F#m] least [E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ .
_ _ _ [Bm] Looking back, all I can [E] say about all the things he [F#m] did for _ [E] [A] me [D] _ .
_ [A] is [Bm] I hope I'm at least.
[E] half the dad that he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D] _ .
Because he didn't have [A] to be.
_ _ [D].
You know he didn't [A] have to be.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ .
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