You Had To Be There ukulele

You Had To Be There

• Intro

YOU HAD TO BE THERE
As recorded by Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney
(2025 release)


Capo 3rd fret

To play without a capo transpose +3 steps.


Intro
D  D/F#  G


Verse 1: Megan Moroney
     D                           D/F#
Five girls in the mirror puttin' makeup on
        G
There's boys downstairs playin' drinkin' songs
        D                        D/F#
Circled up 'round a hand-me-down guitar
          G
Singin', "Oh-oh-oh"


Verse 2: Megan Moroney
D                                D/F#
Brand new boots that we're 'bout to break in
            G
Bought some nosebleed seats, summer money well spent
        D
Parkin' lot, take a shot, steal a kiss
D/F#               G
And we're ready to go


Chorus: Megan Moroney
          D                  D/F#
I see the lights, I hear the band
               G
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           D                D/F#
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              G
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Em
We were so alive
  D/F#                       G
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           D        D/F#  G
You had to be there


Verse 2: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney
      D                  D/F#
Seven years later, got a different point of view
      G
Got a sound check in ten and my own dressin' room
       D                        D/F#
Goin' 'round the world with the king of no shoes
          G
Singin', "Oh-oh-oh"
               D                     D/F#
Can't tell you how fast time's gonna fly by
          G
Keep your heart on your sleeve, and your chin held high
      D       D/F#
Baby, hold on tight
          G
Don't let go


Chorus: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney
          D                  D/F#
I see the lights, I hear the band
               G
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           D                D/F#
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              G
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Em
We were so alive
  D/F#                       G
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           D
You had to be there
           G
You had to be there
               D    D/F#  G
Oh, you had to be there


Bridge: Megan Moroney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney
            D                       D/F#
We made the memories, we've got the pictures
               G
But you had to be there
          D                     D/F#
You can't fake it, that kind of feelin'
           G
You had to be there


Chorus: Megan Moroney, Kenny Chesney, Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney
          D                  D/F#
I see the lights, I hear the band
               G
Feels like the whole world's in our hands
           D                D/F#
Soakin' it up, breathin' it in
              G
One day we'll say, "Remember when"
        Em
We were so alive
  D/F#                       G
I swear that night there was magic in the air
        Em
We were so alive
  D/F#                       G
I swear that night there was magic in the air
           D                   D/F#  G
You had to be there,you had to be there
               D                    D/F#  G
Oh, you had to be there, you had to be there
                  D
And oh, we were there
          D/F#           G
We were there, we were there
           D    G
You had to be there


Outro
D  D/F#  G     D  D/F#  G

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