You Had To Be There Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F]
[G][Am][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]He sat down,
picked up the phone and said [F]Boy, I'm your old man
He [G]touched the glass between the two,
[C]as if [Am]to s[F]hake his hand
The [C]boy he didn't budge,
not even [F]so much as a blink
The [G]man said oh come on, boy,
better late [F]than never, don't ya think

[Verse 2]
He said I [C]read it in the paper,
can't be[Am]lieve [F]you're 21
And I [G]can't believe some son of mine could
do the [F]things I hear you've done
He went [C]on like some big hero,
who flew [F]in to save the day
And the [G]boy said if your here,
to steer me right, [F]man, its too late

[Verse 3]
You had [C]to be there,
and I'm [G]talkin' from from day one
That's the [Am]only time [G]a dad should talk
[F]through glass to his [G]new son
You'd have [C]to go back,
and teach me [G]how when I was nine
Cause my [Am]mama couldn't [G]throw a ball
even [F]if she had [G]the time
I should have been [Dm]learning how to fish,
instead of [C]learning how to smoke
I bet if [F]you'd of whooped my tail,
I'd never [C]thought it was a joke
He said [Dm]sometimes the will for do[C]ing wrong is [F]way
too strong for any [Am]mama's pray[G]ers[C][G]
You had to be [C]there[F]

[Verse 4]
The [C]man said, boy,
I'm sorry that you [F]hate me like you do
[Am]The boy [G]said dry it up man,
we ain't [F]making this about [Am]you
Its about a [C]teenage girl against the world
cause she was [F]left there high and dry
Its about a [G]kid who might have stood
a whole lot bet[F]ter shot at life

[Verse 5]
You had [C]to be there,
and I'm [G]talkin' from from day one
That's [Am]the only time [G]a dad should talk
through [F]glass to his [G]new son
You'd have [C]to go back and teach
[G]me how when I was nine
Cause my [Am]mama couldn't [G]throw a ball
even [F]if she had [G]the time
I should have been [Dm]learning how to fish,
instead of [C]learning how to smoke
I bet [F]if you'd of whooped my tail
I'd never [C]thought it was a joke
He said [Dm]sometimes the will for do[C]ing wrong is [F]way
too strong for any mama's pray[G]er[C][G]
You had to be [C]there
[F][Am][G]

[Verse 6]
[F]
Before the [C]boy hung up the phone,
he said they [F]say me I'm out of time
And it [G]hit the man, right there and then
My [F]god son, so am I