What I Almost Was Chords & Lyrics by Eric Church
What I Almost Was
guitar chords lyrics
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
G
It was my senior year
C G
I just turned eighteen
Cm G D G
I was a friday night hero, with division one dreams
G
I had an offer on the table
C G
A four year ride
Cm G D G
'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive
CHORUS:
D C G
I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch
D
Walked on that next summer
C G
Wound up getting cut
Cm D C G
I flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust
Am Cm C
For letting my dreams go bust
C D (one strum) G
But I thank God I ain't what I almost was
G
Yea, I moved on back home
C G
And came awful close
Cm G D G
to being some son-in-law to some CEO
G C G
Coulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man
Cm D G
Answerin' to no one, but her and him
CHORUS:
D C G
I ran out on his money, ran out on her love
D C G
At four in the morning I loaded my truck
Cm D C G
I left my home town in a big cloud of dust
Am Cm C
I just had to follow my gut
C D (one strum)
And I thank God I ain't what I almost was
G C G
In a guitar town I bought this old Epiphone
Cm D G
Started stringin' chords and words into songs
G C G
I've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue
Cm D G
Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool
D C G
I ain't making a killing, but then there's those nights
D C G
When the song comes together and hits 'em just right
Cm D C G
The crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough
Am Cm C
Of this music I make and I love
C Cm
And I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,
C D G
Yea man I thank God I ain't, what I almost was
OUTRO:
G-Cm-G-D-G
