I Was There chords by
Josh Turner

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Key: B major

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
I was there that
night in Bethlehem
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
And when Neil and the boys came to
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
the moon in that tin can
At Gettysburg, Omaha Beach, in Vietnam
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
I heard every soldier's cry
C C 
 
and every mama's prayer
G G 
 
I was there

Verse 2
G G 
 
I  was there when you took
C C 
 
your first breath
Em Em 
 
And when you let that stolen
G G 
 
lucky strike
C C 
 
And locked a choke to death
G G 
 
When you were waist deep
in Carter's Creek
C C 
 
And Preacher John dunked you
Em Em 
 
down in the water
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
And raised you up for air
G G 
 
I was there

Verse 3
C C 
 
I'm always around,
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
I was then     and I am now
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And I'll be here when to
G G 
 
C C 
 
morrow comes
Em Em 
 
When a road comes to an end
G G 
 
I'm where you start again
C C 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
I'm never farther than a word away
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
You've always got a friend
D D 
 
When your

Verse 4
G G 
 
grandma passed,
C C 
 
I was in that house
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
And when your grandpa ran
D D 
 
down the streets of gold
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
To show her around

Interlude 1

I was there

Dsus4

Verse 5
C C 
 
I'm always around,
D D 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
I was then and I am     now
G G 
 
And I'll be here when
C C 
 
tomorrow comes
Em Em 
 
When a road comes to an end
G G 
 
I'm where you start again
C C 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
I'm never farther than a word away
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
You've always got a friend

Verse 6
G G 
 
C C 
 
I was there last night on Highway Nine
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
When you answered the phone and
G G 
 
C C 
 
ran right through that stop sign
G G 
 
I was in the cab of that bigger rig
C C 
 
and that trucker's ear
Em Em 
 
Made him swerve to the right
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
and miss you by a   hair
G G 
 
I was there

Verse 7
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
If you're feeling alone, look up
G G 
 
C C 
 
I'm the one who answers
G G 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
prayers
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
And I'm al ways there
D D 
 
C C

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