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Topic: I should Have Seen It Then

Okay, this song comes from me trying to make my wife feel guilty about going on a golf outing this weekend but she turned it around on me and reminded me when I was too busy for her in my younger days. Wives forgive, but they don’t forget.  Anyway I hope you like it. What I am calling Bbdim I play like xx2323.

I should Have Seen It Then By Jeff Gilpin


August 30th, 2007




Intro


[Dm] [Bb] [A] [Bb] [A] [Bb] [Dm] [G] [A]




Verse 1


[Dm]When I [Bb]was a [A]young man


[Bb]If[A]I can [Bb]rightly re[Dm]call


[Dm]Work and [Bb]play and [A]family life


[Bb]I [A]tried to [Bb]do it [Dm]all




Verse 2


But[Dm] I did [Bb]not know [A]at the time


[Bb]T’was [A]an im[Bb]possibili[Dm]ty


Only [Dm]so many [Bb]hours are [A]in a day


[Bb]And [A]there is [Bb]only one [Dm]me




Chorus


I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


But [A]youth was in my [Dm]way


I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


[Bb]And [A]now I [Bb]rue the [Dm]day




Verse 3


So [Dm]I worked as [Bb]hard as [A]I could


[Bb]And [A]I played as [Bb]time permit[Dm]ted


My [Dm]family [Bb]got the [A]rest of my time


[Bb]Which was [A]less than [Bb]I inten[Dm]ded




Verse 4



So [Dm]I would [Bb]try and [A]balance it


[Bb]But [A]it was a [Bb]losing [Dm]game


[Dm]Just when [Bb]I was [A]catching up


[Bb]I [A]would fall be[Bb]hind a[Dm]gain




Chorus


I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


But [A]youth was in my [Dm]way


I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


[Bb]And [A]now I [Bb]rue the [Dm]day




Verse 5


[Dm]These days I’ve [Bb]got time a [A]plenty


[Bb]But [A]to my [Bb]cha[Dm]grin


My [Dm]family has [Bb]many [A]things to do


[Bb]And [A]I’m short [Bb]changed in the [Dm]end




Verse 6


It [Dm]was the [Bb]hole I [A]dug myself


[Bb]With my [A]youthful [Bb]best laid [Dm]plan


That’s [Dm]now come [Bb]back to [A]haunt me


[Bb]Like the [A]fall of [Bb]hourglass [Dm]sand




Ending Chorus




I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


But [A]youth was in my [Dm]way


I [Bbdim]should have seen it [Dm]then


[Bb]And [A]now I [Bb]rue the [G]day[Bb] [A] [Dm]



J  E  T  S
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  • badeye
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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

Time is a great healer.  Nice song Jets.


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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

this totally reminds me of my family life, eccept my girl makes and sells jewerly,  which takes up alot of her time.  im missing guy davis this weekend because she has a jewerly show.  the pay off?  shes taking me to see  john prine november!!

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

Hey Brad - thanks - Its pretty tough for me to play and sing so I slow it down. It does sound good though. I guess I'll have plenty of time to practice this weekend while the wife is our hitting golfballs.
Hey Selso - Shoot, I missed seeing him when he came up here. BTW, do you know where Grants is? My daughter just moved there over the summer and says it's pretty nice.

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

grants isnt to far from here beutiful place but im more in the mountains.  if youd like ive got a song in here called never cared to much for hippies that was kinda of inspired by listening to alot of jonh prine

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

Her bf is the new soccer coach at the highschool there and shes helping with coaching the girls team. I use to go to Ruidoso sometime when I lived in west Texas, it was a really pretty place. She's having a great time and really likes it there.

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

my dads from taos and my moms from amarillo so i had to pick between the two. really no contest

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

new mexico is great for music. i saw rodney crowell a wile back and hear he is coming again

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

steven earles son is playing here in taos but ill have to miss it because of my girls jewerly thing

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Re: I should Have Seen It Then

You get to live in the mountains at least. I really miss living in the mountains. Oh well retirement's not that far off.

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