John Anderson – I Wish I Could Have Been There (Guitar)

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When our baby Kate was born it was the biggest 

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day of my life

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Lying there little bows in her hair in the loving
arms of my wife
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I was the proudest papa in the U.S.A.

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Making a living on the road somewhere a thousand 
miles away
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It was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish I coulda

G          Am
been there

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I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been

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there for that

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Little Bobby hit his first home run he was the hero 

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of the hometown crowd

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two to one it was the winning run  everybody 
was cheering loud
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And mama she would smile and say that he's a chip 

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off of the old block

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But I was on the road somewhere between Memphis 
and Little Rock
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It was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish I coulda 

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been there

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I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been 

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there for that

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Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up and moved 

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away

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They stay in touch, we're proud of the two good 
kids we raised
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and it's hard to believe we're celebrating our 

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25th year today

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This party's nice, but the kids aren't here, at 

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least they called to say

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Congradulations Mom and Dad. I wish we coulda 

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been there

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I wish we coulda been there, I wish we coulda been

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there for that

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It was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish they 

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coulda been there

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I wish they coulda been there, I wish they coulda 

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been there for that.....