The One I Was Then Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][G][Gsus4][G][Dm]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I've
been on the road so long
The [G]straight- and- narrow I've been [Gsus4]on
Is [Dm]crooked [Am]as this s[Dm]mile that I fake
[G]And I n[Am]eed you like I need a drink
Or a [Gsus4]ci garette and
some time to think
About the [Dm]choices that you and me make
And [G]I feel

[Verse 2]
[F]lon[Gsus4]ely[Fsus2]
[F][Fsus2][F]
And I'm so [Gsus4]sorry

[Verse 3]
And I re[Am]member the morning
of Christmas Day
I was [G]still [Gsus4]drunk
and you were so afraid
To en[Dm]d up with someone like me
And [Am]then it all seemed to fall apart
In a [Gsus4]foreign land, ridin' in your car
[C]As you san[Dm]g,
"I still [C]don't know [Dm]what love means"
And [F]man, that

[Verse 4]
hurt [G]me[F]
Just like [Gsus4]I hurt you

[Verse 5]
[G]And I [Gsus4]have done[G] so[F]me thinking
and changing [G]along [C]the way
And [F]I wish that you could j[G]ust
[F]see who I [Gsus4]am today[C]
[Am]I know I'm a damn good [Gsus4]man
I know you [F]did the [G]best [F]you can
With the [G]one I was then
[C]

[Verse 6]
I [Am]never wanted all of this
But [Gsus4]oil and water, they never mix
Until [Dm]you light a match
and turn it to a flame
And there [Am]won't be another time around
I had [G]my chance [Gsus4]and I shot it down
[G]Just a bir[Dm]d and a rifle to blame

[Verse 7]
Man, I [F]hate that [Dm]song
I play [Gsus4]it all ni[G]ght long

[Verse 8]
And [F]I have been thinking and
changing [G]along the [C]way
And [F]I wish that y[G]ou could just
[Am]see who I [G]am t[C]oday
[Am]I know I'm a damn good [G]man
I know you [F]did the best you can
With the [G]one [C]I was then

[Verse 9]
[C]
And I've [Am]learned from my mistakes
[G]The[Gsus4] next one won't be[F] afraid
Of the [G]one [C]I was then