IF I DON'T MAKE IT BACK
Bobby Pinson
Album: Songs For Somebody Else
Submitted by: Christopher R.
5/2/2023

Capo 2nd Fret (to match recording)

Intro: (D) (G) (Bm) (A) (G)

We went (G2) out for beers and a couple laughs
Knowing full well that every bad joke that (D/F#) Jimmy told, might be his last
So we (G2) laughed like the world wasn't at war
Said things to him we'd never said before
And (D/F#) he teared up as he held up his glass
He said, (G2) Boys if i dont make it back

  Have a (D) beer for me
  Don't waste no (G) tears on me
  On (D) Friday night sit on the visitor's (G) side and cheer for the home team
  Drive (D) my Camaro
  (G) 90 miles an hour down Red Rock Road
  With (D) Born to Run (F#m) blasting on the radi(G)o
  And (Bm) find someone (A) good enough for (G) Amy,
  Who will (G/F#) love her like I (Em7) would have (G)
  If (A) I don't make it (Bm) back

(A) (G2)

We said hey man now that ain't gonna happen,
Don't even think like that
We know you, you'll pull through without a scratch
He pulled me aside in the parking lot,
Said Amy and me we're gonna tie the knot,
You're my best man, just wanted you to know that
Just in case I don't make it back

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(D) If the good Lord (D/F#) calls me (G2) home 
I'd (G2/F#) like to think my (Em) friends will think about me when I'm (A) gone

(G2) Well Miller Light ain't my brand,
But I drink one every now and then (D/F#) in his honor
And (G2) we ain't missed a home game yet
Had that Camaro at 110 on (D/F#) Red Rock Road when the speakers blow
And I (Bm) introduced (A) Amy to a (G) friend of mine from (G/F#) Monroe,
He's a (Em) good old boy 
(A) But you (G2) know, she just ain't ready

(D) (G) (Bm) (A) (G2)

Yeah, (D) this place just ain't the same
Without that (G) smoke-blowin', rain-joke-tellin'
(D) Fist-fightin', always-smilin, (G) dear friend to me
Hold 'em (D) proud and hold 'em high, let him (G) hear you in the sky
To one (Bm) hell of a (A) guy
Here's to (D) Jimmy (G)
Yeah we gonna (D) miss ya man (G)