The Ball Lyrics

No intro
If I hadn't dropped the ball, I would have took it all the way
We were driving toward the goal line, they were screaming in the stands
I had the chance to be a hero, but it slipped right through my hands
There would have been a big pep rally, they would have hung my jersey on the
(G}
If I hadn't dropped the ball
Well, me and Sandy Miller were s'posed to meet after the game
I waited by the bleachers, but she never came
I found a note on my windshield under neath the wiper blade
With "goodbye" bleeding through it in the cold October rain
We probably would've gotten married, and those recruiters in from 'Bama would have
called
If I hadn't dropped the ball
Life would have been so different
If in that instant, things had gone the way I (C} planned
But the fact is that they didn't
And the hand I wound up given
Is something that I'll never under stand
(Small pause, no guitar)
I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast
And that's where I met your mama, and the rest, I guess you know
If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown
Well, son, I wouldn't do it 'cause you wouldn't be here now
And I wouldn't be your hero, I wouldn't be around to catch you when you fall
If I hadn't dropped the ball
Life would have been so different
If in that instant, things had gone the way I (C} planned
But the fact is that they didn't
And the hand I wound up given
Is the one that God intended me to have
No, I wouldn't be the man I am at (F} all
If I hadn't dropped the ball
C (single strum)