1982 chords by Randy Travis

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
| D7 |   | C D7 | G |

Verse 1:
G Operator please connect me with C 1982.
  D7                         C      D7     G
I need to make apologies for what I didn't do.
G                                    C                         Am
I sure do need to tell her that I've C thought the whole thing through.
    D7                                                    G
And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to.

Chorus:
         D7                         G      C     G
They say hind sight's 20/20 but I'm nearly going blind
     A                             D7
from staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine.
     G                                   C             Am
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true.
      D7                                C D7 G
There D7 was a time when she was mine in 1982.

Break:
| D7 |   | C D7 | G |

Verse 2:
G                         C
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp.
D7                             C      D7     G
One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely Man,
G                          C            Am
back into the wasted years of my living past.
  D7                                                G
I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last.

Chorus:
         D7                         G      C     G
They say hind sight's 20/20 but I'm nearly going blind
     A                             D7
from staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine.
     G                                   C             Am
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true.
      D7                                C D7 G
There D7 was a time when she was mine in 1982.
      D7                                C D7 G
There D7 was a time when she was mine in 1982.