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What Might Have Been

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Step 1 / 8Position: 3
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INTRO: Cm   Ab   Bb   Cm   Ab   Bb  Cm  
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----------3----------------|
A|--3--5--7----7--5--7---3---|
E|---------------------------|
CmI had Abfriends agaBbinst the wCmar
By tAbhings they did so wBbell yesterdCmay
They lived their Ablives without Bbfortune or tCmhrill
With Abnothing very mBbuch to sCmay
Pre-Chorus:
BbAlways standing in the sAbame old lines
BbMoving sideways to the mAbarch of time
CHORUS:
CmWhat might have Abbeen
BbWhat might have Cmbeen
AbA portrait Bbof my lCmife
CmNo fool would sAbay
BbYou live tCmoday
AbWithout a wBbill to surCmvive
Cornered now, what can I do
I'm trapped by what might have been
The great big 'if' that hangs around my neck
Has played its part in all my dreams
Always making the bad seem worse
Living my life reversed
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
AbI know the Bbcall that I Ebcan't seem to Abmove
AbWithout a little Bbfall from Ebgrace
AbBut now I kBbnow when I'm Ebdown in this Abmood
DbIt's only me that I have to fEbace
BbWhat might have Ebbeen, yeah
AbWBbhat might have Ebbeen
Cm Ab Bb Cm Ab Bb Cm
What might have been
Cm Ab Bb Cm Ab Bb Cm
BbAlways standing in the sAbame old lines
BbMoving sideways to the Abmarch of time
CHORUS x2
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About What Might Have Been Chords by Jimmy Nail

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