| 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 | air | port | 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 |
| 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 | some | thing 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | mai | den 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 |
| E | A2 | E | |
| And I'm glad He had the nerve while staring | into | space |
| A | E | B | G#m | |
| To | give this uni | verse a | time and a | place |
| E | A2 | E | C#m | G#m | A | |
| With one tiny | ato | m or an | Adam | and an | Eve |
| A | E | G#m7 | B | A | |
| However you look | at it what | ever | you | believe |
| A | E | |
| I'm glad He had the | nerve |
| 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 |
| E | A2 | E | |
| And I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you | that | day |
| Chord Chart |
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| E 022100 |
| A x02220 |
| A2 ? x22200 To play this just add in the pinky to the E chord. |
| B 224442 Bar this one or leave off the notes on the 5th and 6th string. |
| G#m | 466444 | G#m7 | 464444 | |
| C#m | x02120 |
| Well, that's my take on the song. I know a lot of people have been |
| requesting |
| this one. Let me know what you think. |
| ***** E-mail me with comments, constructive criticism, etc. ***** |
| ****** Jay Robinson (ROBINSON_J@txlutheran.edu) ****** |