The Nerve

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[Intro]
e|----2--2----------|
B|---0-0-----0----0-|
G|--1---1-----2----1| x2
D|-2----------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
[Verse 1]
E A2 E
I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day
A E B G#m
I could just as easily have let you get away
E A2 E C#m G#m A
In that crowded airport far from my home town
A E G#m7 B A
If I had lost my courage then you wouldn't be around
A E
I'm glad I had the nerve
[Verse 2]
E A2 E
And I'm glad he had the nerve to get down on his knees
A E B G#m
And say I bought this ring for you won't you wear it please
E A2 E C#m G#m A
My daddy sure touched something in my momma's heart somehow.
A E G#m7 B A
If he hadn't I sure wouldn't be here with you now
A E
I'm glad he had the nerve
[Chorus]
E A
Or I never would have lived like this
E
Or learned like this
A
Or laughed like this
B
Or loved like this
[Verse 3]
E A2 E
I'm glad he had the nerve to sail across the sea
A E B G#m
My great-grandaddy's great-grandpa in eighteen thirty-three
E A2 E C#m G#m A
He met an Indian maiden in the Smoky Mountain mist
A E G#m7 B A
If they hadn't crossed that line I would not exist
A E
I'm glad they had the nerve
[Verse 5]
E A2 E
And I'm glad He had the nerve while staring into space
A E B G#m
To give this universe a time and a place
E A2 E C#m G#m A
With one tiny atom or an Adam and an Eve
A E G#m7 B A
However you look at it whatever you believe
A E
I'm glad He had the nerve
[Chorus]
E A
Or we never would have lived like this
E
Or learned like this
A
Or laughed like this
B
Or loved like this
A E
Thank God He had the nerve
[Outro]
E A2 E
And I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day

The Nerve chords and lyrics

Free chords for The Nerve by George Strait. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 5]
[Chorus]
[Outro]

The Nerve Chords by George Strait

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