If I Could - Barbra Streisand (Lyric) Chords

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