{"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":692819,"song":"The Ball","artist":"James Otto","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11581711-the-ball-chords-by-james-otto/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/692819?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 6\r\nNo intro\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I    hadn't dropped the ball, I would have   took it all the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were   driving toward the goal line, they were  screaming in the stands[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had the   chance to be a hero, but it   slipped right through my  hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere would have   been a big pep rally, they would have   hung my   jersey on the   [/tab]\r\n[G}\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I   hadn't dropped the   ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell,   me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to   meet after the game[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI   waited by the bleachers,   but she never   came[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI found a   note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith  \"goodbye\" bleeding through it in the   cold October  rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe probably   would've gotten married, and those   recruiters in from   'Bama would have [/tab]\r\ncalled\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I   hadn't dropped the   ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLife   would have been so different[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIf in that   instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the   fact is that they didn't[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd the   hand I wound up given[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs   something that I'll never under stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Small pause, no guitar)\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI   ran away that summer, took a   job out on the coast[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's   where I met your mama, and the   rest, I guess you   know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I   had the chance to go back and   score that last touchdown[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell,   son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you   wouldn't be here   now[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I   wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't   be around to   catch you when you   fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I   hadn't dropped the   ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLife   would have been so different[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIf in that   instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the   fact is that they didn't[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd the   hand I wound up given[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs the   one that God intended me to   have[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNo, I   wouldn't be the   man I am at [F} all[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I   hadn't dropped the   ball[/tab]\r\nOutro\r\nC (single strum)","plain_text":"Capo 6\nNo intro\n\n\n\n\n[G}\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncalled\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Small pause, no guitar)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro\nC (single strum)","chords":["C","G","Am7","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}