Date: 12/23/97; 12:56:54 AM
From: Micahaj <Micahaj@aol.com>
Subject: Submission:  Kenny Chesney's "I've Been There"

I've Been There
by:  Kenny Chesney
Capo 2nd Fret

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No I ain't had nothing to drink
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I knew thats probably what you'd think
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If I dropped by this time of night
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Remember way back when
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I promised you I'd drop in
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At one of those meetings down at the Y
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Well,  they started talkin bout steps you take
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Mistakes you make 
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The hearts you break
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And the price you pay
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I almost walked away
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You could hear a pin drop
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When this old man
   D               A                    D          G
Stood up and said I'm gonna' say it again
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Like I do every week
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For those who don't know me

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It's the simple things in life
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Like the kids at home and a loving wife
               G                                   A
That you miss the most,  when you lose control
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And everything you love starts to disappear
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The devil takes your hand and says no fear
          D          G           A
Have another shot,  just one more beer
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Yah,  I've been there,                       that's why I'm here

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This ole boy stood up in the aisle
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Said he'd been living a life of denial
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And he cried as he talked about wasted years
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I couldn't believe what I heard
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It was my life word for word
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And all of the sudden it was clear

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It's the simple things in life
             A                           D
Like the kids at home and a loving wife
              G                                    A
That you miss the most,  when you lose control
              G                                 A
And everything you love starts to disappear
        D                     A            D         G
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
          D         G            A
Have another shot,  just one more beer
                       G                   A                       D
Yah,  I've been there,                  that's why I'm here

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I know for us it may be too late
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But it would mean the world to me
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If you were there when I stand to say

D                   G
It's the simple things in life
             A                           D
Like the kids at home and a loving wife
               G                                   A
That you miss the most,  when you lose control
              G                                   A
And everything you love starts to disappear
       D                     A            D           G
The devil takes your hand and says no fear
         D          G            A
Have another shot,  just one more beer
                       G                 A                       D        A
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Yah,  I've been there,                 that's why I'm here
                     G                   A                       D
Oh,  I've been there,                   thats why I'm here