What I Almost Was Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gsus4][G][D][G][Gsus4][G][D]
[G][C]
[G][D][G][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
It was [G]my senior year
I just [C]turned [G]eighteen
I was a Fri[Em]day night hero,
with Di[D]vision [G]1 dreams
I had an offer on the table,
[C]a four [G]year ride
'Til that [Em]fourth and two
and twenty [D]four [G]dive
[Gm]I[G]

[Verse 2]
[D]left on a stretcher,
wound [C]up [G]on a crutch
Walked [D]on that next summer,
wound [C]up get[G]tin' cut
I [Em]flipped off that [D]coach,
left that [C]school in the [G]dust
For [Am]letting my [Bm]dreams go [C]bust
But I thank God I [D]ain't what I almost
was
[G][C][G][D][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G][D]
Yeah, I [G]moved on back home
And [C]came awful [G]close to being some
[Em]son-in-law to to to [D]some [G]CEO
Coulda been a corner office,
country club, [C]suit [G]and tie man
Answer[Em]in' to no [D]one, but her a[G]nd him

[Verse 4]
I ran [D]out on his money, ran [C]out [G]on her love
At [D]four in the morning I [C]loaded [G]my truck
I [Em]left my homet[D]own in a [C]big cloud of [G]dust
I [Am]just had to fol[Bm]low m[G]y [C]gut
And I thank God I [D]ain't what I [Am]almost was
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Am]
[G][C][D][Dsus4]
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]In guitar town I bought this old
[Dsus4]Epiphone[G]
Started stringin' chords and words
into [Em]songs[D][G]
I've been putting in time
on [C]Sixteenth Avenue
[G]Pouring out[Em] my heart
[D]for tips [G]on a stool

[Verse 6]
I ain't [D]making a killing,
but [C]then [G]there's those nights
When the [D]song comes together and
[C]hits [G]'em just right
[Em]The crowds on their [D]feet 'cause
[C]they can't get [G]enough
Of this [Am]music I [G]make and [C]I love
And I thank God I ain't
Yeah, I [Em]thank God I ain't
Man, I [C]thank God I [D]ain't what I

[Outro 1]
almost was
[G][C][G][D][G][C][G][D]
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