You Had To Be There

You Had To Be There easy guitar chords by Tim Mcgraw

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    He sat 
    down, 
    picked 
    up the 
    phone 
    and 
    said, 

    "Boy, 
    I'm 
    your 
    old man" 

    He 
    touched 
    the glass 
    between 
    the 
    two 

    As 
    if 
    to shake 
    his 
    hand 

    Verse 2
    The 
    boy, 
    he 
    didn't 
    budge 

    Not 
    even 
    so 
    much 
    as 
    a blink 

    The man 
    said, 
    "Oh, 
    come 
    on, 

    better 
    late 
    than 
    never, 
    don't 
    you 
    think?" 

    He 
    said, 
    "I 
    Verse 3
    read 
    it 
    in 
    the paper, 

    can't 
    believe 
    you're 
    twenty 
    one 

    Can't be
    lieve 
    some 
    son 
    of mine 

    Could 
    do 
    the thing
    s I hear 

    you've 
    done" 

    Verse 4
    He went 
    on 
    like 
    some big 
    hero 

    who flew 
    in 
    to 
    save 
    the day 

    And 
    the 
    boy 
    said, 
    "If 
    you're here 
    to 
    steer me 
    right, 

    man, 
    it's too 
    late" 

    You 
    had 
    to be 
    Verse 5
    there 
    and 
    I'm 

    talkin' 
    from day 
    one 

    That's the 
    only 
    time 
    a man 
    should 
    talk 

    through 
    glass 
    to 
    his 
    new son 

    And you'd 
    have 
    to go 
    back 
    and 
    teach 

    me how 
    when 
    I was 
    nine 

    'Cause 
    my 
    mama 
    couldn't 
    throw 

    a ball 
    even 
    if 
    she 
    had 
    the time 

    And I 
    should 
    have been 

    learnin' 
    how 
    to fish 

    Instead 
    of 
    learnin' 
    how 
    to smoke 

    bet if 
    you'd 
    have whooped 
    my 
    tail, 

    I'd 
    never 
    thought 
    it 
    was 
    a joke 

    Verse 6
    He 
    said, "Some
    times 
    the 
    will 
    for 

    doin' 
    wrong 
    is 
    way too 
    strong 

    For 
    any 
    Mama's 
    prayers 

    You 
    had 
    to be 
    there" 

    The 
    Verse 7
    man 
    said, 
    "Boy, 

    I'm sorry 
    you 
    hate 
    me like 
    you do" 

    The 
    boy 
    said, 
    "Dry 
    it 
    up, man, 

    we 
    ain't 
    makin' 
    this 
    about 
    you 

    It's 
    about a 
    teenage 
    girl 
    against 
    the world 

    who was 
    left 
    there 
    high 
    and dry 

    About 
    kid 
    who might 
    have stood 

    whole lot 
    better 
    shot 
    at life" 

    Verse 8
    But you 
    had 
    to be 
    there 
    and 
    I'm 

    talkin' 
    from day 
    one 

    That's the 
    only 
    time 
    a man 
    should 

    talk 
    through 
    glass 
    to 
    his 
    new son 

    And you'd 
    have 
    to go 
    back 
    and 
    teach 

    me 
    how 
    when 
    was 
    nine 

    'Cause 
    my 
    mama 
    couldn't 
    throw 

    a ball 
    even 
    if 
    she 
    had 
    the time 

    I should 
    have been 
    learnin' 

    how 
    to fish 

    Instead 
    of 
    learnin' 
    how 
    to smoke 

    bet if 
    you'd 
    have whooped 
    my 
    tail, 

    I'd 
    never 
    thought 
    it 
    was 
    a joke 

    Verse 9
    He said, "Some
    times 
    the 
    will 
    for 

    doing 
    wrong 
    is 
    way too 
    strong 

    For 
    any 
    Mama's 
    prayer 

    You 
    had 
    to be 
    there" 

    Verse 10
    Be
    fore 
    the boy 
    hung 
    up the 
    phone 

    He 
    said, 
    "They say 
    I'm 
    out of time" 

    And it 
    hit 
    the man 
    right 

    there and 
    then 

    "My God, 
    son, 
    so 
    am 
    I" 

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