Chords for Barbra Streisand - If I Could

[D] _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Gb] _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
If I could, I'd [Dm] [F] protect you from the sadness [Bb] in your [Fm] eyes
[Bb] Give [G] you courage in a world [Gm] of [Dm] [Eb] compromise
_ Yes, I would, [Bb] _ if I could _ _
[F] I would teach you all the [Fm] things I've never learned
[G] And I'd help you cross the [Gm] bridges that I've burned
[Cm]
Yes, I [D] would, [Gm] if I could _
[Gm] I'd [C] shield your innocence from [F] [C] time
[Dm] But the part of [Bb] life I view [Gm] isn't mine
I've watched you [Gb] grow, [A] [Dm] so I could [A] let you [F] go
If [Eb] _ [Bb] I could, _
[F] I would help you make it through [Fm] the hungry [Bb] [Fm] years
[C] But I know that [G] I can never [Cm] cry your tears
But [Bb] I [F] would, [Bb] if I [Eb] could
[Bb]
[Am] In _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] a [Bb] time when [Gm] pain [C] _ [F] will be _
[Bb] You don't have [Gm] to walk along this road with me
My [Bb] yesterday [A] won't [Dm] have to [A] be [Cm] your world
_ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] I'd have tried to [Bbm] change the [Eb] world I [Bb] brought you [Abm] to
And [Gbm] there isn't very [Ab] much that [Dbm] I can do
[B] But I would, [Gb] if [B] I [Gb] could
[B] _ [Bbm] I _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [B] would try to [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _
show [Ebm] you that the part of life [B] _ [F] is mine
[Eb] I've watched you grow, [Bb] [B] so [Ebm] I could let [Bb] _ [Dbm] you go
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] If I could, _ [F] I would help [Dm] you make it [F] through [Fm] those [Bb] hungry [Fm] years
[G] But I know that I can never [Gm] cry your tears
_ [Eb] But I [D] would, [Gm] if I could
[Ebm] _ Yes, [Gb] _
[Dbm] [Bb] I would, [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [G] [Bb] if I could _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Ebm] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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