• Song:

    What I Almost Was

  • Artist:

    Eric Church

  • Album:

    Sinners Like Me

I jotted these chords down while watching a video of him playing. The chords are exact, 
the timing however, may be a tad off. Just play around with it until you find what works 
for you. Enjoy

Intro: G-D-G-D-G-Cm-G-D-G-Cm-G
 GIt (320003@1)was my senior year
          C (x32010@1)     GI (320003@1)just turned eighteen
  Cm (x3101x@1)                 G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         GI (320003@1)was a friday night hero, with division one dreams
 GI (320003@1)had an offer on the table
 C (x32010@1)         GA (320003@1)four year ride
          Cm (x3101x@1)        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)     G'Til (320003@1)that fourth and two and twenty four dive

CHORUS:
    D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)       GI (320003@1)left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch
        DWalked (xx0232@1)on that next summer
       C (x32010@1)        GWound (320003@1)up getting cut
     Cm (x3101x@1)            D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)           GI (320003@1)flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust
        Am (x02210@1)      Cm (x3101x@1)    CFor (x32010@1)letting my dreams go bust
        C (x32010@1)            D(one (xx0232@1)strum)      GBut (320003@1)I thank God I ain't what I almost was

GYea, (320003@1)I moved on back home
          C (x32010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)came awful close
          Cm (x3101x@1)         G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  Gto (320003@1)being some son-in-law to some CEO
    G (320003@1)                                      C (x32010@1)         GCoulda (320003@1)been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man
      Cm (x3101x@1)          D (xx0232@1)           GAnswerin' (320003@1)to no one, but her and him

CHORUS:
       D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)           GI (320003@1)ran out on his money, ran out on her love
     D (xx0232@1)                   C (x32010@1)       GAt (320003@1)four in the morning I loaded my truck
   Cm (x3101x@1)         D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)left my home town in a big cloud of dust
   Am (x02210@1)         Cm (x3101x@1)     CI (x32010@1)just had to follow my gut
        C (x32010@1)            D(one (xx0232@1)strum)
And I thank God I ain't what I almost was

G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)    GIn (320003@1)a guitar town I bought this old Epiphone
           Cm (x3101x@1)                D (xx0232@1)        GStarted (320003@1)stringin' chords and words into songs
            G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)     GI've (320003@1)been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue
         Cm (x3101x@1)             D (xx0232@1)        GPouring (320003@1)out my heart for tips on a stool
          D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)                 GI (320003@1)ain't making a killing, but then there's those nights
          D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)            GWhen (320003@1)the song comes together and hits 'em just right
      Cm (x3101x@1)           D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)         GThe (320003@1)crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough
         Am (x02210@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)       COf (x32010@1)this music I make and I love
        C (x32010@1)                      CmAnd (x3101x@1)I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,
            C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)             GYea (320003@1)man I thank God I ain't, what I almost was

OUTRO:

G-Cm-G-D-G
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