You Had To Be There chords by Megan Moroney

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G#

Intro:

F   F /A    A#


Verse 1: Megan Moroney:
     F                            F /A
Five girls in the mirror puttin' makeup on
        A#
There's boys downstairs playin' drinkin' songs
        F                         F /A
Circled up 'round a hand-me-down guitar
          A#
Singin', "Oh-oh-oh"

Verse 2: Megan Moroney:
F                                 F /A
Brand new boots that we're 'bout to break in
            A#
Bought some nosebleed seats, summer money well spent
        F
Parkin' lot, take a shot, steal a kiss
F /A                 A#
And we're ready to go


Chorus: Megan Moroney:
          F                   F /A
I see the lights, I hear the band
               A#
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           F                 F /A
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              A#
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Gm
We were so alive
  F /A                         A#
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           F         F /A    A#
You had to be there


Verse 2: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney:
      F                   F /A
Seven years later, got a different point of view
      A#
Got a sound check in ten and my own dressin' room
       F                         F /A
Goin' 'round the world with the king of no shoes
          A#
Singin', "Oh-oh-oh"
               F                      F /A
Can't tell you how fast time's gonna fly by
          A#
Keep your heart on your sleeve, and your chin held high
      F        F /A
Baby, hold on tight
          A#
Don't let go


Chorus: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney:
          F                   F /A
I see the lights, I hear the band
               A#
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           F                 F /A
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              A#
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Gm
We were so alive
  F /A                         A#
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           F
You had to be there
           A#
You had to be there
               F     F /A    A#
Oh, you had to be there


Bridge: Megan Moroney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney:
            F                        F /A
We made the memories, we've got the pictures
               A#
But you had to be there
          F                      F /A
You can't fake it, that kind of feelin'
           A#
You had to be there


Chorus: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney:
          F                   F /A
I see the lights, I hear the band
               A#
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           F                 F /A
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              A#
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Gm
We were so alive
  F /A                         A#
I swear that night there was magic in the air
        Gm
We were so alive
  F /A                         A#
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           F                    F /A    A#
You had to be there,you had to be there
               F                     F /A    A#
Oh, you had to be there, you had to be there
                  F
And oh, we were there
          F /A             A#
We were there, we were there
           F     A#
You had to be there


Outro:
F   F /A    A#      F   F /A    A#