{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1680861,"song":"You Had To Be There","artist":"Tim McGraw","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351818-you-had-to-be-there-chords-by-tim-mcgraw/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1680861?type=chord","rating":4.5069,"votes":6,"content":"•\r\n•\r\n•\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sat down, picked up the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n And said, \"Boy, I'm your old man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n He touched the glass between the two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n As if to shake his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boy, he didn't budge[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Not even so much as a blink[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n The man said, \"Oh, come on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Better late than never, don't you think?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I read it in the paper[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Can't believe you're 21[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Can't believe some son of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Could do the things I hear you've done\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe went on like some big hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Who flew in to save the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And the boy said, \"If you're here[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n To steer me right, man, it's too late\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"You had to be there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And I'm talkin' from day one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n That's the only time a man should talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Through glass to his new son\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"And you'd have to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And teach me how when I was nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n 'Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Even if she had the time\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"And I should have been learnin' how to fish[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Instead of learnin' how to smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I bet if you'd have whooped my tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I'd never thought it was a joke\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Sometimes the will[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n For doin' wrong is way too strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n For any Mama's prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You had to be there\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe man said, \"Boy, I'm sorry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n That you hate me like you do\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n The boy said, \"Dry it up, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n We ain't makin' this about you\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"It's about a teenage girl against the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Who was left there high and dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n About a kid who might have stood[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n A whole lot better shot at life\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"You had to be there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And I'm talkin' from day one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n That's the only time a man should talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Through glass to his new son\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"And you'd have to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And teach me how when I was nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n 'Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Even if she had the time\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"And I should have been learnin' how to fish[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Instead of learnin' how to smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I bet if you'd have whooped my tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I'd never thought it was a joke\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Sometimes the will[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n For doin' wrong is way too strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n For any Mama's prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You had to be there\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore the boy hung up the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n He said, \"They say I'm out of time\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And it hit the man right there and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n \"My God, son, so am I\"[/tab]","plain_text":"•\n•\n•","chords":["D","Bm","A","G","Em","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}