Eric Church – What I Almost Was (Guitar)

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It was my senior year

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I just turned eighteen

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I was a friday night hero, with division one dreams

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I had an offer on the table

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A four year ride

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'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive

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I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch

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Walked on that next summer

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Wound up getting cut

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Flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust

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For letting my dreams go bust

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But I thank God I ain't   what I almost was

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Yea, I moved on back home

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And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO

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Coulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man

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Answerin' to no one, but her and him

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I ran out on his money, ran out on her love

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At four in the morning I loaded my truck

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I left my home town in a big cloud of dust

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I just had to follow my gut

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And I thank God I ain't   what I almost was

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In guitar town I bought this old Epiphone

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Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool

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I ain't making a killing, but then theres those nights

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When the song comes together and hits them just right

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The crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough

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Of this music I make and I love

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And I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,

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Yea I thank God I ain't,   what I almost was