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You Had To Be There chords by 
Tim Mcgraw
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Intro 1
D
G
A
Bm
G
Verse 1
D
He sat down, picked up the phone and said,
G
"Boy, I'm your old man"
A
D
He touched the glass between the two
G
As if to shake his hand
Verse 2
D
The boy, he didn't budge
G
Not even so much as a blink
D
A
The man said, "Oh, come on,
G
better late than never, don't you think?"
D
He said, "I
Verse 3
read it in the paper,
G
can't believe you're twenty one
A
Can't believe some son of mine
D
A
G
Could do the things I hear
you've done"
Verse 4
D
He went on like some big hero
G
who flew in to save the day
A
G
And the boy said, "If you're here to steer me right,
man, it's too late"
D
You had to be
Verse 5
there and I'm
A
talkin' from day one
Bm
A
That's the only time a man should talk
G
through glass to his new son
Asus4
A
D
And you'd have to go back and teach
A
me how when I was nine
Bm
A
'Cause my mama couldn't throw
G
a ball even if she had the time
A
And I should have been
Em
learnin' how to fish
D
Instead of learnin' how to smoke
G
I bet if you'd have whooped my tail,
D
I'd never thought it was a joke
Verse 6
Em
He said, "Sometimes the will for
D
doin' wrong is way too strong
A
D
A
For any Mama's prayers
D
G
You had to be there"
D
The
Verse 7
man said, "Boy,
G
I'm sorry you hate me like you do"
A
D
The boy said, "Dry it up, man,
A
G
we ain't makin' this about you
D
It's about a teenage girl against the world
G
who was left there high and dry
D
A
About a kid who might have stood a
G
whole lot better shot at life"
Verse 8
D
But you had to be there and I'm
A
talkin' from day one
Bm
A
That's the only time a man should
G
talk through glass to his new son
A
D
And you'd have to go back and teach
A
me how when I was nine
Bm
A
'Cause my mama couldn't throw
G
a ball even if she had the time
A
Em
I should have been learnin'
how to fish
D
Instead of learnin' how to smoke
G
I bet if you'd have whooped my tail,
D
I'd never thought it was a joke
Verse 9
Em
He said, "Sometimes the will for
D
doing wrong is way too strong
A
For any Mama's prayer
D
G
You had to be there"
Verse 10
D
Before the boy hung up the phone
G
He said, "They say I'm out of time"
A
And it hit the man right
there and then
G
"My God, son, so am I"
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