What I Almost Was Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A D A E 4X Then A

 It was Amy senior year

 I just Dturned eighAteen

 I was a F♯mfriday night hero, with Edivision one Adreams

 I had an Aoffer on the table

 A Dfour year Aride

 'Til that F♯mfourth and two and Etwenty four Adive

 I Eleft on a stretcher, wound Dup on a Acrutch

 Walked Eon that next summer

 Wound Dup getting Acut

F♯mFlipped off that Ecoach, left that Dschool in the Adust

 For Bmletting my A/C♯dreams go Dbust

 But I Dthank God I ain'tE what I almost was

A D A E 2x

 Yea, I Amoved on back home

 And Dcame awful Aclose to being F♯msome son-in-law to Esome ACEO

 Coulda been a Acorner office, country club, Dsuit and tie Aman

 AnswerF♯min' to no one, but Eher and Ahim

EI ran out on his money, ran Dout on her Alove

 At Efour in the morning I Dloaded my Atruck

 I F♯mleft my home Etown in a Dbig cloud of Adust

 I Bmjust had to A/C♯follow my Dgut

 And I Dthank God I ain't E what I almost Bmwas

Guitar solo

A/C♯ D Bm A/C♯ D E

AIn guitar town I bought this old Epiphone

Started stringin' chords and words into songs

I've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue

 Pouring F♯mout my heart for Etips on a Astool

 I ain't Emaking a killing, but Dthen theres those Anights

 When the Esong comes together and Dhits them just Aright

 The F♯mcrowds on their Efeet cause they Dcan't get Aenough

 Of this Bmmusic I A/C♯make and I Dlove

 And I thank God I ain't, yea I F♯mthank God I ain't,

 Yea I Dthank God I ain't,E what I almost was

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