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Date: 10/8/02; 8:54:08 PM
 >From: "Josh Tullos" <jtullos@savy2k.net>
 Subject: James Otto - "The Ball' chords
 Heh. This is the first time I've ever tried to place the chords to a song,
 so I can't guarantee that I am any good at this, considering I'm self-taught 
 and have only been playing for about 8 months now. But, this song is a 
 beautiful song, so I thought I'd give it a try, and it does sound right. 
 Here goes.
 
  
 
 Capo on 6th fret
 
 No intro
 
 If I [C]  hadn't dropped the ball, I would have [G] took it all the way
 
 Home{Am7}coming '89 with ten [F} seconds left to [G] play
 
 We were [C] driving toward the goal line, they were [G ]screaming in the stands
 
 I had the [Am7] chance to be a hero, but it [F] slipped right through my [G]hands
 
 There would have [Dm] been a big pep rally, they would have [C] hung my [G] jersey on the [F] wall [G}
 
 If I [F] hadn't dropped the [C] ball
 
 Well, [C] me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to [G] meet after the game
 
 I [Am7] waited by the bleachers, [F] but she never [G] came
 
 I found a [C] note on my windshield under[G]neath the wiper blade
 
 With [Am7]"goodbye" bleeding through it in the [F] cold October [G]rain
 
 We probably [Dm] would've gotten married, and those [C] recruiters in from [G] 'Bama would have [F]called [G]
 
 If I [F] hadn't dropped the [C] ball
 
 Life [F] would have been so different
 
 If in that [Am7] instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
 
 But the [F] fact is that they didn't
 
 And the [Am7] hand I wound up given
 
 Is [Dm] something that I'll never under[G]stand
 
 (Small pause, no guitar)
 
 I [C] ran away that summer, took a [G] job out on the coast
 
 And that's [Am7] where I met your mama, and the [F] rest, I guess you [G] know
 
 If I [C] had the chance to go back and [G] score that last touchdown
 
 Well, [Am7] son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you [F] wouldn't be here [G] now
 
 And I [Dm] wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't [C] be around to [G] catch you when you [F] fall [G]
 
 If I [F] hadn't dropped the [C] ball
 
 Life [F] would have been so different
 
 If in that [Am7] instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned
 
 But the [F] fact is that they didn't
 
 And the [Am7] hand I wound up given
 
 Is the [Dm] one that God intended me to [G] have
 
 No, I [F] wouldn't be the [Am7] man I am at [F} all
 
 If I [G] hadn't dropped the [C] ball
 
 Outro
 
 C (single strum)
 
  
 
 Josh Tullos