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Capo 6
No intro
If CI    Ghadn't dropped the ball, I would have   took it all the way
We CwGere   driving toward the goal line, they were  screaming in the stands
I Am7had FthGe   chance to be a hero, but it   slipped right through my  hands
ThDmere CwGouFld have   been a big pep rally, they would have   hung my   jersey on the   
[G}
If FI   Chadn't dropped the   ball
WeCllG,   me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to   meet after the game
I   Am7waFitGed by the bleachers,   but she never   came
I CfoGund a   note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade
WiAm7th  F"gGoodbye" bleeding through it in the   cold October  rain
We DmprCobGabFly   Gwould've gotten married, and those   recruiters in from   'Bama would have 
called
If FI   Chadn't dropped the   ball
LiFfe   would have been so different
If Am7in that   instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
BuFt the   fact is that they didn't
AnAm7d the   hand I wound up given
Is   Dm  Gsomething that I'll never under stand
(Small pause, no guitar)
I   C  Gran away that summer, took a   job out on the coast
AnAm7d thFatG's   where I met your mama, and the   rest, I guess you   know
If CI   Ghad the chance to go back and   score that last touchdown
WeAm7ll,   F  Gson, I wouldn't do it 'cause you   wouldn't be here   now
AnDmd I  C   GwFouGldn't be your hero, I wouldn't   be around to   catch you when you   fall
If FI   Chadn't dropped the   ball
LiFfe   would have been so different
If Am7in that   instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
BuFt the   fact is that they didn't
AnAm7d the   hand I wound up given
Is DmthGe   one that God intended me to   have
NoF, Am7I   wouldn't be the   man I am at [F} all
If GI   Chadn't dropped the   ball
Outro
C (single strum)

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The Ball

by James Otto

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 6 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

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

Life would have been so different

Am7

If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned

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

Life would have been so different

Am7

If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned

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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