If Youd Been Around

E

[Verse 1]
E
I got your name, I got your eyes,
G#m
I got some hows, I got some whys
        B            A
to this day, I hate goodbyes.
E
Mama had to be bold, soft and tough.
G#m
I tried her patience, I pressed my 
luck.
A
She hung my neck, busted my butt,
   B
to settle me down, if you'd been 
around,

[Chorus]
E
Maybe I wouldn't have grown up so 
fast;
G#m
Wrecked my first car, or ever smoked
 grass.
A
Maybe I'd have lots of memories of 
you,
B
Not just pictures of someone I 
barely knew.
E
Oh, just so you know, I'm doing 
okay.
G#m
Road ain't been easy but I've found 
my way!
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    A
Sometimes I think how I might've 
turned out
B
more like the man I've heard stories
 about
E
if you'd been around.

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
  E
I learned how to punch losing some 
fights.
G#m
The value of truth ownin' up to some
 lies.
A
Now I realize all of the times
      B
I was more lost than found. If you'd
 been around

[Chorus]
E
Maybe I wouldn't have raised so much
 hell;
G#m
spent more than I made, or a night 
in jail.
A
Maybe I'd have lots of memories of 
you,
         B
not just pictures of someone I 
barely know.
E
Oh just so you know, I'm doin' 
alright.
      G#m
Got a woman that loves me, I made a 
good life,
    A
But sometimes I think how I might've
 turned out
B
to be better than the man I am now
Ess
If you'd been around.

[Instrumental]
E G#m

B                   A
If you'd been around...

[Bridge]
E
Oh maybe just maybe, we could be 
friends.
G#m
We'd drink beer, and fish now and 
then!
A
These are the things that I think 
about,
B                                   
            N.C.
I can almost imagine how it would've
 played out,
E                     G#m
If you'd been around.

[Other]
              B
If you'd been around.
A E