1982
By Randy Travis

Intro: E  D  A/E  E  A
 A                              D
Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
  E                          D          E      A      
I need to make apologies for what I ___ didn't do
  A                                  D                       Bm   
I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
   E                                                      A
And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to

         E      
They say hind sights twenty, twenty 
        A            D       
But I'm nearly going blind
      B7
>From staring at her photograph
    E
And wishing she was mine
          A
It's that same ole lost love story
     D             Bm
It's sad, but it's true
      E                                          
There was a time when she was mine
                   A
In nineteen eighty two

B                         E
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
F#                             E      F#     B
One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
B                          E            Dbm
Back into the wasted years of my living past
  F#                                                B
I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last


         F#
They say hind sights twenty, twenty 
        B            E
But I'm nearly going blind
      Db7
>From staring at her photograph
    F#
And wishing she was mine
          B
It's that same ole lost love story
     E             Dbm
It's sad, but it's true
      F#
There was a time when she was mine
                   B
In nineteen eighty two
F#
Losing my mind going back in time
                    B         E   B   F#  B
Two nineteen eighty two