{"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":619573,"song":"What I Almost Was","artist":"Eric Church","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11573974-what-i-almost-was-chords-by-eric-church/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/619573?type=chord","rating":4.7349,"votes":43,"content":"Eric Church: What I Almost Was\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo 1st Fret\r\n\r\nIntro\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  4X Then [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was my senior year[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI just turned eighteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was a friday night hero, with division one dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]       \r\nI had an offer on the table[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA four year ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWalked on that next summer[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWound up getting cut[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFlipped off that coach, left that school in the dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A/C#[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor letting my dreams go bust[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I thank God I ain't   what I almost was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] 2x\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nYea, I moved on back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCoulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnswerin' to no one, but her and him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI ran out on his money, ran out on her love[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt four in the morning I loaded my truck[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI left my home town in a big cloud of dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A/C#[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just had to follow my gut[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I thank God I ain't   what I almost was[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nGuitar Solo\r\n\r\n  [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn guitar town I bought this old Epiphone[/tab]\r\n\r\nStarted stringin' chords and words into songs\r\n                             \r\nI've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPouring out my heart for tips on a stool[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI ain't making a killing, but then theres those nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the song comes together and hits them just right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A/C#[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf this music I make and I love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYea I thank God I ain't,   what I almost was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"Eric Church: What I Almost Was\n\n\nCapo 1st Fret\n\nIntro\n\nA  D  A  E  4X Then A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA  D  A  E 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuitar Solo\n\n  A/C#  D  Bm  A/C# D  E\n\n\n\n\nStarted stringin' chords and words into songs\n                             \nI've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA  D  A  E  A  D  A  E  A","chords":["A","D","E","F#m","Bm","A/C#"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}