Omaha The Only What If chords by Katie Lynne Sharbaugh

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

 G  Am | F   C :
 G  Am | F   C :



🎸 Verse 1:
G        Am           F  C
 I met a man going to Omaha
  G        Am                     F      C
He told me some stories 'bout his son-in-law
    G                   Am           F       C
He spoke just like your parents in a western drawl
   G              Am      F    C
If you could even call it that
G           Am               F   C
 I told him how we'd hit the Iowa state fair
G         Am             F    C
 I felt a little like an alien out there
G           Am            F       C
 It's crazy how much he resembled ya
      G                  Am         F   C
Guess that's the comfort of middle America

🎸 Chorus:
G      Am           F            C
 And I know you're away and out achieving something
G           Am         F               C
 Found your own saving grace and she's cute as a button
G         Am            F                   C
 And I'm still a basket case but that's the life that I picked
G               Am            F                    C
 You're not the one that got away, you're just the only "What if "


🎸 Post-Chorus:
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)


🎸 Verse 2:
G           Am         F         C
 He gave a smile as he waved goodbye
     G                Am               F       C
I've seen that same expression 'bout a million times
     G                Am            F       C
"Godspeed" he said to me with understanding eyes
  G            Am       F    C
I never got to know his name
G              Am              F     C
 I watched him as he turned to walk away
  G                 Am             F       C
I thought about you all the way to baggage claim
    G                  Am             F       C
You can't ask fire to stick around in pouring rain
      G               Am             F     C
Guess that's either a blessing or an awful shame


🎸 Chorus:
G      Am           F            C
 And I know you're away and out achieving something
G           Am         F               C
 Found your own saving grace and she's cute as a button
G         Am            F                   C
 And I'm still a basket case but that's the life that I picked
G               Am            F                    C
 You're not the one that got away, you're just the only "What if "


🎸 Post-Chorus:
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)


🎸 Bridge:
Em             F
 Baby it was alright for just a little bit
Am              D7
 Romeo spinnin' lies to hand to Juliet
F                        C
 You had a blueprint for life, I had a bucket list
    D7            Am/E  F               Fm
And I didn't fit, so    I just made the best of it


🎸 Chorus:
G      Am           F            C
 And I know you're away and out achieving something
G           Am         F               C
 Found your own saving grace and she's cute as a button
G           Am             F                C
 Aren't you glad I gave my place to someone worthy of it?
G               Am            F                    C
 You're not the one that got away, you're just the only "What if "


🎸 Outro:
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)
G   Am     F      C
(la la, la la, la la la)