'What I Almost Was' by Eric Church - Guitar Tutorial

            Capo on 3rd Fret
 
Intro: G D G D G C G D G C G

G
It was my senior year
C          G 
I just turned eighteen
           Am           D 
I was a friday night hero, with division one dreams
G           C     
I had an offer on the table
G 
A four year ride
           Am           D        G
'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive
D                C         G
I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch
D           
Walked on that next summer
C         G 
Wound up getting cut
  Am           D     C           G
Flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust
Am                C
For letting my dreams Go bust
                  D
But I thank God I ain't  what I almost was

G 
Yea, I moved on back home
C          G         Am               D 
And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO
G                            C      G 
Coulda been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man
  Am              D        G
Answerin' to no one, but her and him
 D              C          G
I ran out on his money, ran out on her love
 D                C     G
At four in the morning I loaded my truck
  Am       D         C     D
I left my home town in a big cloud of dust
Am                C
I just had to follow my gut
                 D         Am  C Am C D
And I thank God I ain't  what I almost was      

  G         C          G 
In guitar town I bought this old Epiphone
 G          C        G
Started stringin' chords and words into songs
  G                  C       G                  
I've been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue
 Am                D      G 
Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool
     D              C        G 
ain't making a killing, but then theres those nights
      D                C      G 
When the song comes together and hits them just right
 Am           D             C        G 
The crowds on their feet cause they can't get enough
    Am              C   
Of this music I make and I love
     C              Am 
And I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,
     C             D 
Yea I thank God I ain't,  what I almost was

Outro: G C G D G