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You Had To Be There chords by 
Kenny Rogers 
N/A•
Key: Db major•BPM: 73
Intro 1
C
F
G
Am
F
Verse 1
C
He sat down,
F
picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man
G
He touched the glass between the two,
C
Am
F
as if to shake his hand
C
The boy he didn't budge,
F
not even so much as a blink
G
The man said oh come on, boy,
F
better late than never, don't ya think
Verse 2
C
He said I read it in the paper,
Am
F
can't believe you're 21
G
And I can't believe some son of mine could
F
do the things I hear you've done
C
He went on like some big hero,
F
who flew in to save the day
G
And the boy said if your here,
F
to steer me right, man, its too late
Verse 3
C
You had to be there,
G
and I'm talkin' from from day one
Am
G
That's the only time a dad should talk
F
G
through glass to his new son
C
You'd have to go back,
G
and teach me how when I was nine
Am
G
Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball
F
G
even if she had the time
Dm
I should have been learning how to fish,
C
instead of learning how to smoke
F
I bet if you'd of whooped my tail,
C
I'd never thought it was a joke
Dm
C
F
He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way
Am
G
C
G
too strong for any mama's prayers
C
F
You had to be there
Verse 4
C
The man said, boy,
F
I'm sorry that you hate me like you do
Am
G
The boy said dry it up man,
F
Am
we ain't making this about you
C
Its about a teenage girl against the world
F
cause she was left there high and dry
G
Its about a kid who might have stood
F
a whole lot better shot at life
Verse 5
C
You had to be there,
G
and I'm talkin' from from day one
Am
G
That's the only time a dad should talk
F
G
through glass to his new son
C
You'd have to go back and teach
G
me how when I was nine
Am
G
Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball
F
G
even if she had the time
Dm
I should have been learning how to fish,
C
instead of learning how to smoke
F
I bet if you'd of whooped my tail
C
I'd never thought it was a joke
Dm
C
F
He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way
G
C
G
too strong for any mama's prayer
C
You had to be there
F
Am
G
Verse 6
F
C
Before the boy hung up the phone,
F
he said they say me I'm out of time
G
And it hit the man, right there and then
F
My god son, so am I
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