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It was my senior year, I just turned 18, I
Gm was a Friday night hero
F with
Bb Division 1 dreams.
I had an offer on the table, a four year ride,
Gm so that fourth and two
F and
Bb twenty-four died.
F I left on a
Eb stretcher, wound up
Bb on a crunch,
F walked home that next summer,
Eb wound up
Bb getting cut.
Gm I flipped
F off that coach,
Eb left that school
Bb in the dust,
Cm before letting
Bb my dreams
Eb go bust.
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But now thank God I
F ain't what I
Bb almost was.
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Bb Yeah, I moved on back home,
Eb Bb came off close to
Gm being some son-in-law
F to some
Bb CEO.
Could have been a corner office country
Eb club, suit and
Bb tie man,
Gm answering to no one.
F But
Bb I earned him.
F I ran out on his
Eb money, ran out
Bb on her
F luck, at four in the morning
Bb I loaded my truck.
Gm I left
F my hometown
Eb in a big
Bb cloud of dust, I
Cm just
Bb had to follow
Eb my gut.
And I thank God I
F ain't what I
Cm almost was.
In
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Bb Guitar Town I bought this old Epiphone, _ _ _ _ _ _ started stringing chords and words into songs.
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Bb _ I've been putting in time on
Eb 16th
Bb Avenue,
Gm pouring out my heart
F for tips
Bb on a stew.
F I ain't making a
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killing but then there's those nights
F when the song comes together
Eb and it gets
Bb on just right.
Gm The crowd's
F on their feet
Eb cause they can't
Bb get enough
C of this
Bb music I make
Eb and I love.
And I thank God I ain't, _ _
Gm yeah I thank God I ain't, _ _
Eb man I thank God I
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Bb almost was.
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