I Wish I Could Have Been There Chords by John Anderson

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] When our baby Kate was born it was [Am] the biggest [F] day of my life.
_ [C] _ Little bows in her hair in [G] the loving arms of my wife.
I [Am] was the [G] proudest papa in the [F] USA. _ _
[C] Making a living on the road somewhere [G] a thousand miles away.
It [Am] was a happy [G] day but [F] kinda sad. _
_ [C] I wish I [G] could have been there.
[Am] I wish I could [F] have been home.
I wish I [G] could have been there [C] for that. _ _
_ Little Bobby [G] hit his first home run.
He [Am] was the hero of the hometown [F] crowd.
_ [C] Who'd have won it was a winning run.
[G] Everybody was cheering loud.
_ [Am] And mama she [G] was smiling saying [F] he's a chip off of the old block.
[C] _ But I was on the road somewhere [G] between Memphis and Little Rock.
It [Am] was a happy [G] day but [F] kinda sad. _
[G] _ [C] I wish I [G] could have been there.
[Am] I wish I [F] could have been there.
I wish I [G] could have been [C] there for that.
_ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Now Bobby [G] and Kate are all [Am] grown up and moved [F] away.
_ [C] They stay in touch.
We're proud [G] of the two good kids we raised.
[Am] And it's hard to believe [G] we're celebrating [F] our 25th year today.
[C] This party's nice but the kids aren't here.
[G] At least they called to say
_ [Am] Congratulations [G]
mom [F] and dad.
_ _ [C] I wish we [G] could have been there.
[Am] I wish we [F] could have been there.
I wish we [G] could have been [C] there for that.
_ It [Am] was a [G] happy day but [F] kinda sad.
_ _ [C] I wish they [G] could have been there.
[Am] I wish [F] they could have been there.
I wish they [G] could have been there for [C] that. _ _ _
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