Capo 6 No intro C G If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would have took it all the way C G We were driving toward the goal line, they were screaming in the stands Am7 F G I had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my hands Dm C G F There would have been a big pep rally, they would have hung my jersey on the wall [G} F C If I hadn't dropped the ball C G Well, me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to meet after the game Am7 F G I waited by the bleachers, but she never came C G I found a note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade Am7 F G With "goodbye" bleeding through it in the cold October rain Dm C G F G We probably would've gotten married, and those recruiters in from 'Bama would have called F C If I hadn't dropped the ball F Life would have been so different Am7 If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned F But the fact is that they didn't Am7 And the hand I wound up given Dm G Is something that I'll never under stand (Small pause, no guitar) C G I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast Am7 F G And that's where I met your mama, and the rest, I guess you know C G If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown Am7 F G Well, son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you wouldn't be here now Dm C G F G And I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall F C If I hadn't dropped the ball F Life would have been so different Am7 If in that instant, things had gone the way I [C} planned F But the fact is that they didn't Am7 And the hand I wound up given Dm G Is the one that God intended me to have F Am7 No, I wouldn't be the man I am at [F} all G C If I hadn't dropped the ball Outro C (single strum)