The One I Was Then chords by William Clark Green

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
B minorBm
I've been on the road so long
  A augmentedA
The straight-and-narrow I've been on
  E minorEm
Is crooked as this smile that I fake
  B minorBm
And I need you like I need a drink
   A augmentedA
Or a cigarette and some time to think
     E minorEm
About the choices that you and me make
      G+G
And I feel lonely
      A augmentedA
And I'm so sorry

Verse 2:
  B minorBm
And I remember the morning of Christmas Day
   A augmentedA
I was still drunk and you were so afraid
  E minorEm
To end up with someone like me
  B minorBm
And then it all seemed to fall apart
   A augmentedA
In a foreign land, ridin' in your car
    E minorEm
As you sang, "I still don't know what love means"
       G+G
And man, that hurt me
      A augmentedA
Just like I hurt you


Chorus:
  G+G
And I have done some thinking and changing
A augmentedA     D MajorD
along the way
  G+G                  A augmentedA
And I wish that you could just see who I am
D MajorD
today
 B minorBm          A augmentedA
I know I'm a damn good man
 G+G
I know you did the best you can
     A augmentedA     D MajorD
With the one I was then

Verse 3:
 B minorBm
I never wanted all of this
  A augmentedA
But oil and water, they never mix
     E minorEm
Until you light a match and turn it to a

flame
  B minorBm
And there won't be another time around
 A augmentedA
I had my chance and I shot it down
    E minorEm
Just a bird and rifle to blame
    G+G
Man, I hate that song
     A augmentedA
I play it all night long


Chorus:
  G+G                 A augmentedA
And I have been thinking and changing along
  D MajorD
the way
  G+G                  A augmentedA
And I wish that you could just see who I am
D MajorD
today
B minorBm           A augmentedA
I know I'm a damn good man
      G+G
I know you did the best you can
     A augmentedA     D MajorD
With the one I was then


Outro:
     B minorBm           A augmentedA
And I've learned from my mistakes
     G+G
The next one won't be afraid
    A augmentedA     D MajorD
Of the one I was then