What I Almost Was chords by Eric Church
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Intro 1
(G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (D major) (G major) (Gsus4) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
It was (G major) my senior year
I just turned (C major) eighteen (G major)
I was a Fri (E minor) day night hero,
with Di (D major) vision (G major) 1 dreams
I had an offer on the table,
a four (C major) year (G major) ride
'Til that (E minor) fourth and two
and twenty (D major) four (G major) dive
(G minor) (G major) I
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Verse 2
(D major) left on a stretcher,
wound (C major) up on (G major) a crutch
Walked (D major) on that next summer,
wound (C major) up get (G major) tin' cut
I (E minor) flipped off that (D major) coach,
left that (C major) school in the (G major) dust
For (A minor) letting my dream (B minor) s go bust (C major)
But I thank God I ain't (D major) what I almost
was
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 3
(G major) (D major)
Yeah, I (G major) moved on back home
And came (C major) awful (G major) close to being some
(E minor) son-in-law to to to some (D major) (G major) CEO
Coulda been a corner office,
country club, suit (C major) and tie (G major) man
Answer (E minor) in' to no one, (D major) but her and him (G major)
Verse 4
I ran (D major) out on his money, ran (C major) out (G major) on her love
At (D major) four in the morning I (C major) loaded (G major) my truck
I (E minor) left my homet (D major) own in a (C major) big cloud of (G major) dust
I (A minor) just had to fol (B minor) low (G major) my (C major) gut
And I thank God I ain't (D major) what I almost (A minor) was
(G major)
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(C major) (A minor)
(G major) (C major) (D major) (Dsus4)
(D major)
Verse 5
(G major) In guitar town I bought this old
(Dsus4) (G major) Epiphone
Started stringin' chords and words
into songs (E minor) (D major) (G major)
I've been putting in time
on Sixteenth (C major) Avenue
(G major) Pouring (E minor) out my heart
for tips (D major) on a stool (G major)
Verse 6
I ain't (D major) making a killing,
but (C major) then there's (G major) those nights
When the (D major) song comes together and
(C major) hits (G major) 'em just right
The crowds (E minor) on their (D major) feet 'cause
they can't (C major) get enough (G major)
Of this (A minor) music I (G major) make and I (C major) love
And I thank God I ain't
Yeah, I (E minor) thank God I ain't
Man, I (C major) thank God I ain't (D major) what I
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almost was
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What I Almost Was
Eric Church
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