B
you like rockin’ , i like mine
D#m
our brothers were older , was another time
C#m
you got drums , i got a guitar
E
and we made up a band ,
F#
who knew we’d go far?
B
i met a girl who gave me her heart
D#m
i gave her back mine ’til the day we part
C#m
we shared the same bus
to the school they taught art
E F#
teenage kicks , shoot for the stars
B
we played some clubs , people saw me sing
D#m
they asked if we’d record with them
C#m
w said , “why , sure” , so we drove to th smoke
E F#
i’d never been that far away from home
B
we made a few records , top of the charts
D#m
flew around the world , became big stars
C#m
climbed up the laddEr , broke some hearts
E F#
drank a million beers in a thousand bars
B
i met another girl , had a couple of kids
D#m
it didn’t work out , but what a gift
C#m
i met my soul , became my wife
E F#
my lover , my rock , we’re in it for life
B
life’s got a way of making things pay
D#m
no matter how hard we try to refrain
C#m
fate or love or chance we deal
E F#
or that beautiful word’s serendipity
reff :
E B
oh , yeah . . where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . .
E
oh , yeah , yeah . .
B
where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . . yeah
int . E B G#m F#
B
i met my uncle at the boxing ring
D#m
it wasn’t punching people , it was discipline
C#m
they lied , i was older , all the fights i’d win
E F#
stays with me today , even when i sing
B
then i met temptation or did it rape me?
D#m
it took me for a ride ’til i couldn’t see
C#m
like a candy shop with all you can eat
E F#
no money back and no guarantees
B
i met the disease of the mind and the fears
D#m
and all the time it robbed from me
C#m
tried to integrate the child and the man
E F#
just before it slips through my hands
B
my love , my children , everything changed
D#m
weight of the world , ball and a chain
C#m
like a boat in a storm without a sail
E F#
navigating life and love and grace
B
i met this world in the corridor
D#m
in front of many people , i was born to perform
C#m
reconcile the passion and the rage
E F#
i made it this far , keep turning the page
reff :
E B
oh , yeah . . where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . .
E
oh , yeah , yeah . .
B
where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . .
E
oh , yeah , yeah . .
B
where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . .
E
oh , yeah , yeah . .
B
where would i be now
G#m
if i hadn’t met you?
F#
right place right time . .
E
yeah , yeah , yeah . .
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