The Only Thing That I Have Left
Tim McGraw
Album: Tim McGraw (1993)
 
Intro: G
G                    D                       C                     G
Some people say I'm one of those guys with blessings in life overlooked
                            D                        C             D
Sometimes I feel like the tatter torn pages of some old paperback book
          C                          D               Em             D          C
All the places I've played and the money I've made, still I've got nothing to show
         G                 D                 C         D       G
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you

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You put your whole life into somethin' you love and you never get that one big break
                             D                    C                 D
That'll take you out of the back street bars and put you on center stage
        C                   D                 Em          D       C
But a million tears and a million beers have just about washed me up
         G                 D                C          D        G
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you


   C             D          G                  C
I gave it all I had every night for all these years
Am                 D                G
   Pourin' out my soul 'til it was gone
     C              D                 G             C       
I spread myself so thin and I'm just barely hangin' on
                                       D                 Em     D  C
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through,  Just love me
          G                 D                 C         D        G
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you


Instrumental: G-D-C-D-G-D-C-D-G
 
   C             D          G                  C
I gave it all I had every night for all these years
Am                 D                G
   Pourin' out my soul 'til it was gone
     C              D                 G             C       
I spread myself so thin and I'm just barely hangin' on
                                       D                 Em     D  C
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through,  Just love me
          G                 D                 C         D        G
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you


G
Oh, is you