Chords for If I Could

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