Capo 6
No intro
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would have took it all the way
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
We were driving toward the goal line, they were screaming in the stands
Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GI (320003@1)had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my hands
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
There would have been a big pep rally, they would have hung my jersey on the
[G}
F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Well, me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to meet after the game
Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GI (320003@1) waited by the bleachers, but she never came
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I found a note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade
Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GWith (320003@1) "goodbye" bleeding through it in the cold October rain
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GWe (320003@1)probably would've gotten married, and those recruiters in from 'Bama would have
called
F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
FLife (133211@1) would have been so different
Am7
If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
FBut (133211@1)the fact is that they didn't
Am7
And the hand I wound up given
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Is something that I'll never under stand
(Small pause, no guitar)
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast
Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GAnd (320003@1)that's where I met your mama, and the rest, I guess you know
C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown
Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GWell, (320003@1) son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you wouldn't be here now
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_133211@1">F GAnd (320003@1)I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall
F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
FLife (133211@1) would have been so different
Am7
If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
FBut (133211@1)the fact is that they didn't
Am7
And the hand I wound up given
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Is the one that God intended me to have
F Am7
No, I wouldn't be the man I am at [F} all
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
Outro
C (single strum)