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the ball chords James Otto
If I [C]hadn't dropped the ball
I would have [G]took it all the way
[Am7]Homecoming '89
[F]With ten seconds left to [G]play
[C]We were driving towards the goal line
They were [G]screaming in the stands
[Am7]I had the chance to be a hero
[F]But it slipped right through my [G]hands
There would have [Dm]been a big pep rally
[C]They would have hung my [G]jersey on the [F]wall
[G]If I [F]hadn't dropped the [C]ball
Me and Sandy Miller
Were s'posed to meet after the game
I waited by the bleachers
But she never came
I found a note on my windshield
Underneath the wiper blade
With "goodbye" bleeding through it
In the cold October rain
We probably would've gotten married
And those recruiters in from 'Bama would have called
If I hadn't dropped the ball
My [F]life would have been different
If in that [Am7]instant, things have gone the way I [C]planned
But the [F]fact is that they didn't
And the [Am7]hand I wound up [C]given
Is [Dm]one that I'll never [G]understand
I ran away that summer
Took a job out on the coast
And that's where I met your momma
And the rest, I guess you know
If I had the chance to go back
And score that last touchdown
Well, son, I wouldn't do it
'Cause you wouldn't be here now
And I wouldn't be your hero
I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall
If I hadn't dropped the ball
My life would have been so different
If in that instant, things have gone the way I planned
But the fact is that they didn't
And the hand I wound up given
Is the one that God intended me to have
No, I [F]wouldn't be the [Am7]man I am at [F]all
G (stop) C
If I hadn't dropped... the ball
Outro: C (string by string, don't strum)
Josh Tullos
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