Capo 6
No intro
C G
If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would have took it all the way
C G
We were driving toward the goal line, they were screaming in the stands
Am7 F G
I had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my hands
Dm C G F
There would have been a big pep rally, they would have hung my jersey on the
[G}
F C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
C G
Well, me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to meet after the game
Am7 F G
I waited by the bleachers, but she never came
C G
I found a note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade
Am7 F G
With "goodbye" bleeding through it in the cold October rain
Dm C G F G
We probably would've gotten married, and those recruiters in from 'Bama would have
called
F C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
F
Life would have been so different
Am7
If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
F
But the fact is that they didn't
Am7
And the hand I wound up given
Dm G
Is something that I'll never under stand
(Small pause, no guitar)
C G
I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast
Am7 F G
And that's where I met your mama, and the rest, I guess you know
C G
If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown
Am7 F G
Well, son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you wouldn't be here now
Dm C G F G
And I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall
F C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
F
Life would have been so different
Am7
If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
F
But the fact is that they didn't
Am7
And the hand I wound up given
Dm G
Is the one that God intended me to have
F Am7
No, I wouldn't be the man I am at [F} all
G C
If I hadn't dropped the ball
Outro
C (single strum)
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