The Ball chords by James Otto

SimplifiedD · A · Bm · G · Em

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) If I hadn't dropped the ball,
A 
I would've  (A major) took it all the way
Bm 
Home (B minor) coming '89 with ten
G 
 (G major) seconds left to play
D 
We were  (D major) driving toward the goal line,
A 
they were  (A major) screaming in the stands
Bm 
I had the  (B minor) chance to be a hero,
G 
but it  (G major) slipped right through my hands
A 
There would've  (A major) been a big pep rally,
Bm 
A 
G 
D 
Em 
they  (B minor) would've hung my jer (A major) sey on the wall  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
If I  (A major) hadn't dropped the ball  (D major) 

Verse 2
D 
 (D major) Me and Cindy Miller were
A 
supposed to  (A major) meet after the game
Bm 
G 
I  (B minor) waited by the bleachers,  (G major) but she never came
D 
I found her  (D major) note on my windshield
A 
under (A major) neath the wiper blade
Bm 
With  (B minor) goodbye bleeding through
G 
it in the  (G major) cold October rain
A 
We probably  (A major) would've
gotten married
Bm 
A 
And those  (B minor) re  cruiters in from  (A major) 
G 
D 
Em 
?Bama would've called  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
If I  (A major) hadn't dropped the ball  (D major) 

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Verse 3

My life would've been so

different if in that instant

Things had gone the way I planned

But the fact is that they didn't

and the hand I wound up getting

Is something that I'll never understand

Verse 4
A 
D 
 (A major) I   (D major) ran away that summer,
A 
took a  (A major) job out on the coast
Bm 
That's  (B minor) where I met your mama
G 
and the  (G major) rest I guess you know
D 
If I  (D major) had the chance to go back
A 
and score  (A major) that last touchdown
Bm 
Well,  (B minor) son,
G 
I wouldn't do it ?cause I  (G major) wouldn't be here now
A 
I  (A major) wouldn't be your hero,
Bm 
A 
G 
D 
Em 
I wouldn't  (B minor) be  around to catch  (A major) you when you fall  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
If I  (A major) hadn't dropped the ball  (D major) 

Verse 5
G 
My life  (G major) would've been so
different if in that instant
D 
Things had gone the way I  (D major) planned
G 
But the  (G major) fact is that they didn't and
Bm 
the  (B minor) hand I wound up getting
Em 
G 
A 
Is the  (E minor) one that God intended me  (G major) to have  (A major) 