You Had To Be There chords by Kenny Rogers
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major)
(G major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 1
(C major) He sat down,
picked up the phone and said (F major) Boy, I'm your old man
He (G major) touched the glass between the two,
(C major) as (A minor) if (F major) to shake his hand
The boy (C major) he didn't budge,
not even so (F major) much as a blink
The (G major) man said oh come on, boy,
better late (F major) than never, don't ya think
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Verse 2
He said I (C major) read it in the paper,
can't be (A minor) lieve you're (F major) 21
And I (G major) can't believe some son of mine could
do the (F major) things I hear you've done
He went (C major) on like some big hero,
who flew (F major) in to save the day
And the (G major) boy said if your here,
to steer me right, (F major) man, its too late
Verse 3
You had to be (C major) there,
and I'm (G major) talkin' from from day one
That's the (A minor) only time a dad (G major) should talk
through glass (F major) to his new son (G major)
You'd have to go (C major) back,
and teach me (G major) how when I was nine
Cause my (A minor) mama couldn't throw (G major) a ball
even (F major) if she had the time (G major)
I should have been (D minor) learning how to fish,
instead of (C major) learning how to smoke
I bet if (F major) you'd of whooped my tail,
I'd never (C major) thought it was a joke
He said (D minor) sometimes the will for do (C major) ing wrong is (F major) way
too strong for any mama's (A minor) pray (G major) ers (C major) (G major)
You had to be (C major) there (F major)
Verse 4
The (C major) man said, boy,
I'm sorry that you (F major) hate me like you do
(A minor) The (G major) boy said dry it up man,
we ain't (F major) making this about (A minor) you
Its about a (C major) teenage girl against the world
cause she was (F major) left there high and dry
Its about a (G major) kid who might have stood
a whole lot bet (F major) ter shot at life
Verse 5
You had to be (C major) there,
and I'm (G major) talkin' from from day one
That's (A minor) the only time a dad (G major) should talk
through (F major) glass to his new son (G major)
You'd have to go (C major) back and teach
(G major) me how when I was nine
Cause my (A minor) mama couldn't throw (G major) a ball
even (F major) if she had the time (G major)
I should have been (D minor) learning how to fish,
instead of (C major) learning how to smoke
I bet (F major) if you'd of whooped my tail
I'd never (C major) thought it was a joke
He said (D minor) sometimes the will for do (C major) ing wrong is (F major) way
too strong for any mama's pray (G major) er (C major) (G major)
You had to be (C major) there
(F major) (A minor) (G major)
Verse 6
(F major)
Before the (C major) boy hung up the phone,
he said they (F major) say me I'm out of time
And it (G major) hit the man, right there and then
My (F major) god son, so am I
You Had To Be There
Kenny Rogers
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