Capo 6
No intro
  CG
If I    hadn't dropped the ball, I would have   took it all the way
  CG
We were   driving toward the goal line, they were  screaming in the stands
  Am7F GI (320003@1)had the   chance to be a hero, but it   slipped right through my  hands
  DmC GF
There would have   been a big pep rally, they would have   hung my   jersey on the   
[G}
  FC
If I   hadn't dropped the   ball
  CG
Well,   me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to   meet after the game
  Am7F GI (320003@1)  waited by the bleachers,   but she never   came
  CG
I found a   note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade
  Am7F GWith (320003@1) "goodbye" bleeding through it in the   cold October  rain
  DmC GF GWe (320003@1)probably   would've gotten married, and those   recruiters in from   'Bama would have 
called
  FC
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
  DmG
Is   something that I'll never under stand

(Small pause, no guitar)
  CG
I   ran away that summer, took a   job out on the coast
  Am7F GAnd (320003@1)that's   where I met your mama, and the   rest, I guess you   know
  CG
If I   had the chance to go back and   score that last touchdown
  Am7F GWell, (320003@1)  son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you   wouldn't be here   now
  DmC GF GAnd (320003@1)I   wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't   be around to   catch you when you   fall
  FC
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
  DmG
Is the   one that God intended me to   have
  F Am7
No, I   wouldn't be the   man I am at [F} all
  GC
If I   hadn't dropped the   ball
Outro
C (single strum)