I Wish I Could Have Been There Chords by John Anderson

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When our baby [G] Kate was born it [Am] was the biggest day of [F] my life
_ [C] Lying there little bows in her hair [G] in the loving arms of my wife.
I [Am] was a
[G] proudest papa in the [F] USA
Making [C] _ a living on the road somewhere [G] a thousand miles away
It [Am] was a happy [G] day
[F] But kinda sad I
[C] Wish I [G] could have been there.
[Am] I
Wish I [F] could have been there
I wish I [G] could have been there [C] for that _ _
_ Little Bobby [G] hit his first home run.
He [Am] was a hero of the hometown [F] crowd
_ [C] Who the one 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. _
[Dm] _ [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 call to say
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ I
_ [C] Wish we [G] could have been there
[Am] 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 they [F] could have been there
I wish they [G] could have been there For [C] that _ _ _ _
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