Title: The Nerve Artist: George Strait (The MAN!!) Songwriter: Bobby Braddock From the MCA Nashville Album: Carrying Your Love With Me Intro: E E A2 E I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day A E B G#m I could just as easily have let you get away E A2 E C#m G#m A In that crowded airport far from my home town A E G#m7 B A If I had lost my courage then you wouldn't be around A E I'm glad I had the nerve E A2 E And I'm glad he had the nerve to get down on his knees A E B G#m And say I bought this ring for you won't you wear it please E A2 E C#m G#m A My daddy sure touched something in my momma's heart somehow. A E G#m7 B A If he hadn't I sure wouldn't be here with you now A E I'm glad he had the nerve E A Or I never would have lived like this E Or learned like this A Or laughed like this B Or loved like this E A2 E I'm glad he had the nerve to sail across the sea A E B G#m My great-grandaddy's great-grandpa in eighteen thirty-three E A2 E C#m G#m A He met an Indian maiden in the Smoky Mountain mist A E G#m7 B A If they hadn't crossed that line I would not exist A E I'm glad they had the nerve E A2 E And I'm glad He had the nerve while staring into space A E B G#m To give this universe a time and a place E A2 E C#m G#m A With one tiny atom or an Adam and an Eve A E G#m7 B A However you look at it whatever you believe A E I'm glad He had the nerve E A Or we never would have lived like this E Or learned like this A Or laughed like this B Or loved like this A E Thank God He had the nerve E A2 E And I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day Chord Chart ----------- E 022100 A x02220 A2 ? x22200 To play this just add in the pinky to the E chord. B 224442 Bar this one or leave off the notes on the 5th and 6th string. G466444 G#m7464444 C#m x02120 Well, that's my take on the song. I know a lot of people have been requesting this one. Let me know what you think. ***** E-mail me with comments, constructive criticism, etc. ***** ****** Jay Robinson (ROBINSON_J@txlutheran.edu) ******