I Wish I Could Have Been There Chords

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CWhen our baby GKate was born it was the Ambiggest

day of my Flife C

Lying there little bows in her hair in the Gloving

arms of my wife

I was the Amproudest Gpapa in the U.S.FA. C

Making a living on the road somewhere a Gthousand

miles away

It was a Amhappy Gday, but kiFnda sad.C I wish I coulda

Gbeen there Am

I wish I coulda Fbeen there, I wish I coulda Gbeen

there for Cthat

CLittle Bobby hit his Gfirst home run he was the Amhero

of the hometown Fcrowd

Ctwo to one it was the winning run everyGbody

was cheering loud

AmAnd mama she would Gsmile and say that he's a Fchip

off of the old block C

But I was on the road somewhere between GMemphis

and Little Rock

It was a Amhappy Gday, but kinda Fsad.C I wish I coulda

Gbeen there Am

I wish I coulda Fbeen there, I wish I coulda Gbeen

there for Cthat

CNow Bobby and GKate are all grown Amup and moved

Faway C

They stay in touch, we're proud of the Gtwo good

kids we raised

and it's Amhard to believe we're Gcelebrating our

F25th year today

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

least they called to say Am

CongraduGlations Mom and FDad. CI wish we coulda

Gbeen there Am

I wish we coulda Fbeen there, I wish we coulda Gbeen

there for Cthat

It was a Amhappy Gday, but kinFda sad.C I wish they

coulda Gbeen there Am

I wish they coulda Fbeen there, I wish they coulda

Gbeen there for Cthat.....