What I Almost Was chords by Eric Church
Intro 1
F#
F#sus4
F#
C#
F#
F#sus4
F#
C#
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
Verse 1
F#
It was my senior year
B
F#
I just turned eighteen
D#m
I was a Friday night hero,
C#
F#
with Division 1 dreams
I had an offer on the table,
B
F#
a four year ride
D#m
'Til that fourth and two
C#
F#
and twenty four dive
F#m
F#
I
Verse 2
C#
left on a stretcher,
B
F#
wound up on a crutch
C#
Walked on that next summer,
B
F#
wound up gettin' cut
D#m
C#
I flipped off that coach,
B
F#
left that school in the dust
G#m
A#m
B
For letting my dreams go bust
C#
But I thank God I ain't what I almost
was
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
B
Verse 3
F#
C#
F#
Yeah, I moved on back home
B
F#
And came awful close to being some
D#m
C#
F#
son-in-law to to to some CEO
Coulda been a corner office,
B
F#
country club, suit and tie man
D#m
C#
F#
Answerin' to no one, but her and him
Verse 4
C#
B
F#
I ran out on his money, ran out on her love
C#
B
F#
At four in the morning I loaded my truck
D#m
C#
B
F#
I left my hometown in a big cloud of dust
G#m
A#m
F#
B
I just had to follow my gut
C#
G#m
And I thank God I ain't what I almost was
F#
Interlude 1
B
G#m
F#
B
C#
C#sus4
C#
Verse 5
F#
In guitar town I bought this old
C#sus4
F#
Epiphone
Started stringin' chords and words
D#m
C#
F#
into songs
I've been putting in time
B
on Sixteenth Avenue
F#
D#m
Pouring out my heart
C#
F#
for tips on a stool
Verse 6
C#
I ain't making a killing,
B
F#
but then there's those nights
C#
When the song comes together and
B
F#
hits 'em just right
D#m
C#
The crowds on their feet 'cause
B
F#
they can't get enough
G#m
F#
B
Of this music I make and I love
And I thank God I ain't
D#m
Yeah, I thank God I ain't
B
C#
Man, I thank God I ain't what I
Outro 1
almost was
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
What I Almost Was
Eric Church
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