Chords for If I Only Had a Brain (Wizard of Oz)
Tempo:
114.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, here's a fun one.
[A] [G] Sometimes I throw in a G that you might think isn't written.
You're right, it's not written.
Sometimes [D] I just throw it in because we're waiting a long time on D and I'll [A] throw in a G.
Why not?
The chords are really [E] simplified for this, if I only had a brain.
They're very much [D#] simplified from what the orchestra is doing when [C#] you hear the Wizard of Oz.
[G] And that's [A] so it's easy to play on a [G] guitar.
And you know, it works.
It's not exactly the [D] same.
But it [G] works.
Great.
So it's [D] nice.
I could while away the hours [G] confirming with the flowers, [D] consulting with the rain.
[G] And my head I'd be scratching [A] while my thoughts were busy [D] hatching if I only had a brain.
I'd unravel every riddle [G] for every individual [D] in trouble or in pain.
[G] With the thoughts I'd be thinking [A] I could be another Lincoln [D] if I only had a brain.
[G]
Oh, I could [F#m] tell you why [Em] the ocean's [D] near the shore.
[Em] I'd think [A] of things I'd never [Bm] thought before.
[E] And then I'd sit and think [A] some more.
[D] I would not be just a nothing, [G] my head all full of stuff and [D] my heart all full of pain.
[G] And perhaps I'd deserve [A] you and be even worthy of you [D] if I only had a brain.
Now we go to the Tin Man.
I'm a
We go to
Okay, give me a minute and then we'll go to the Tin Man.
When a man's an empty kettle, [G] he should be on his metal.
[D] And yet I'm torn apart.
[G] Just because I'm [A] presuming that I could be kind of human [D] if I only had a heart.
The people who, you know, played the Tin Man in the musical are so mad with me right now.
Don't you know your lines?
No, I don't know my lines.
I'd be tender, I'd be [G] gentle, and awfully sentimental [D] regarding love and art.
[G] I'd be friends with the sparrows [A] and the boy who shoots the arrows if I [D] only had a heart.
[G] Picture me in a [F#m] balcony,
[A] above a [D] voice sings low, [G]
[Em] wherefore art thou [Bm] Romeo?
[E]
[A] Let's try that one again.
[G] Picture me, [F#m] a balcony, [E] above a [D] voice sings low, [Em] wherefore [A] art thou [Bm] Romeo?
I [E] hear a beat.
[A] How sweet.
[D] Just to register emotion, [G] jealousy, devotion, [D] and really feel the part.
[G] I would stay young and chipper [A] and I'd lock it with a zipper [G] if I only [D] had a heart.
Now it's the lion.
Life is sad, believe me, missy, [G] when you're born to be a sissy [D] without the vim and vir.
[G] But I could change my habits [A] nevermore, be scared of [D] rabbits if I [D] only had a nerve.
I'm afraid there's no denying, [G] I'm just a dandy [D] lion, a fate I don't deserve.
[G] But I could show my prowess, [A] be a lion, not a maoist if [G] I [D] only had the nerve.
[G] Oh, I'd be [F#m] in my stride, [Em] a king [A] down to [D] the core.
[Em] I'd roar the [A] way I never roared [Bm] before, and [E] then I'd, whoop, and roar [A] some more.
[D] I would show the dinosaurus, [G] who's king around the [D] forest, a king they'd better serve.
[G]
Why, with my regal [A] breezer, I could be another Caesar [G] if I only [D] had the nerve.
Regalbeezer?
[G] Why, with my regal beezerbeezer,beeze it's a pun. What is it? Oh, I can'tdo you guys know this one? [A] Beezer, I could be another Caesar if I only [D] had the nerve. G [Gm]-end. [G] That was one of the [A] G's that didn't belong, but I put it in [D] just to break up the long B. [D] G [G#]-end. Have a good day.
[A] [G] Sometimes I throw in a G that you might think isn't written.
You're right, it's not written.
Sometimes [D] I just throw it in because we're waiting a long time on D and I'll [A] throw in a G.
Why not?
The chords are really [E] simplified for this, if I only had a brain.
They're very much [D#] simplified from what the orchestra is doing when [C#] you hear the Wizard of Oz.
[G] And that's [A] so it's easy to play on a [G] guitar.
And you know, it works.
It's not exactly the [D] same.
But it [G] works.
Great.
So it's [D] nice.
I could while away the hours [G] confirming with the flowers, [D] consulting with the rain.
[G] And my head I'd be scratching [A] while my thoughts were busy [D] hatching if I only had a brain.
I'd unravel every riddle [G] for every individual [D] in trouble or in pain.
[G] With the thoughts I'd be thinking [A] I could be another Lincoln [D] if I only had a brain.
[G]
Oh, I could [F#m] tell you why [Em] the ocean's [D] near the shore.
[Em] I'd think [A] of things I'd never [Bm] thought before.
[E] And then I'd sit and think [A] some more.
[D] I would not be just a nothing, [G] my head all full of stuff and [D] my heart all full of pain.
[G] And perhaps I'd deserve [A] you and be even worthy of you [D] if I only had a brain.
Now we go to the Tin Man.
I'm a
We go to
Okay, give me a minute and then we'll go to the Tin Man.
When a man's an empty kettle, [G] he should be on his metal.
[D] And yet I'm torn apart.
[G] Just because I'm [A] presuming that I could be kind of human [D] if I only had a heart.
The people who, you know, played the Tin Man in the musical are so mad with me right now.
Don't you know your lines?
No, I don't know my lines.
I'd be tender, I'd be [G] gentle, and awfully sentimental [D] regarding love and art.
[G] I'd be friends with the sparrows [A] and the boy who shoots the arrows if I [D] only had a heart.
[G] Picture me in a [F#m] balcony,
[A] above a [D] voice sings low, [G]
[Em] wherefore art thou [Bm] Romeo?
[E]
[A] Let's try that one again.
[G] Picture me, [F#m] a balcony, [E] above a [D] voice sings low, [Em] wherefore [A] art thou [Bm] Romeo?
I [E] hear a beat.
[A] How sweet.
[D] Just to register emotion, [G] jealousy, devotion, [D] and really feel the part.
[G] I would stay young and chipper [A] and I'd lock it with a zipper [G] if I only [D] had a heart.
Now it's the lion.
Life is sad, believe me, missy, [G] when you're born to be a sissy [D] without the vim and vir.
[G] But I could change my habits [A] nevermore, be scared of [D] rabbits if I [D] only had a nerve.
I'm afraid there's no denying, [G] I'm just a dandy [D] lion, a fate I don't deserve.
[G] But I could show my prowess, [A] be a lion, not a maoist if [G] I [D] only had the nerve.
[G] Oh, I'd be [F#m] in my stride, [Em] a king [A] down to [D] the core.
[Em] I'd roar the [A] way I never roared [Bm] before, and [E] then I'd, whoop, and roar [A] some more.
[D] I would show the dinosaurus, [G] who's king around the [D] forest, a king they'd better serve.
[G]
Why, with my regal [A] breezer, I could be another Caesar [G] if I only [D] had the nerve.
Regalbeezer?
[G] Why, with my regal beezerbeezer,beeze it's a pun. What is it? Oh, I can'tdo you guys know this one? [A] Beezer, I could be another Caesar if I only [D] had the nerve. G [Gm]-end. [G] That was one of the [A] G's that didn't belong, but I put it in [D] just to break up the long B. [D] G [G#]-end. Have a good day.
Key:
G
D
A
E
Em
G
D
A
_ _ Hey, here's a fun one.
[A] _ [G] Sometimes I throw in a G that you might think isn't written.
You're right, it's not written.
Sometimes [D] I just throw it in because we're waiting a long time on D and I'll [A] throw in a G.
Why not?
The chords are really [E] simplified for this, if I only had a brain.
They're very much [D#] simplified from what the orchestra is doing when [C#] you hear the Wizard of Oz.
_ _ [G] And that's [A] so it's easy to play on a [G] guitar.
And you know, it works.
It's not exactly the [D] same.
But it [G] works.
Great.
So it's [D] nice.
_ _ I could while away the hours [G] confirming with the flowers, [D] consulting with the rain.
_ _ [G] And my head I'd be scratching [A] while my thoughts were busy [D] hatching if I only had a brain. _ _
_ I'd unravel every riddle [G] for every individual [D] in trouble or in pain. _ _
[G] With the thoughts I'd be thinking [A] I could be another Lincoln [D] if I only had a brain.
_ _ _ [G]
Oh, I could [F#m] tell you why [Em] the ocean's [D] near the shore.
_ [Em] I'd think [A] of things I'd never [Bm] thought before.
[E] And then I'd sit _ and think [A] some more.
[D] I would not be just a nothing, [G] my head all full of stuff and [D] my heart all full of pain.
_ _ [G] And perhaps I'd deserve [A] you and be even worthy of you [D] if I only had a brain.
Now we go to the Tin Man.
I'm a_
We go to_
Okay, give me a minute and then we'll go to the Tin Man.
_ When a man's an empty kettle, [G] he should be on his metal.
[D] And yet I'm torn apart.
_ _ _ [G] Just because I'm [A] presuming that I could be kind of human [D] if I only had a heart.
The people who, you know, played the Tin Man in the musical are so mad with me right now.
Don't you know your lines?
No, I don't know my lines.
_ _ I'd be tender, I'd be [G] gentle, and awfully sentimental [D] regarding love and art. _ _
[G] I'd be friends with the sparrows [A] and the boy who shoots the arrows if I [D] only had a heart. _ _ _
[G] Picture me in a [F#m] balcony, _ _ _
[A] above a [D] voice sings low, _ [G] _
[Em] wherefore art thou [Bm] Romeo?
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Let's try that one again. _
_ [G] Picture me, [F#m] a balcony, _ _ [E] above a [D] voice sings low, [Em] wherefore [A] art thou [Bm] Romeo?
I [E] hear a beat.
_ _ [A] How sweet. _
[D] Just to register emotion, [G] jealousy, devotion, [D] and really feel the part. _ _ _
[G] I would stay young and chipper [A] and I'd lock it with a zipper [G] if I only [D] had a heart.
Now it's the lion. _ _
_ Life is sad, believe me, missy, [G] when you're born to be a sissy [D] without the vim and vir. _ _ _
_ [G] But I could change my habits [A] nevermore, be scared of [D] rabbits if I [D] only had a nerve. _ _ _
I'm afraid there's no denying, [G] I'm just a dandy [D] lion, a fate I don't deserve.
_ _ _ [G] But I could show my prowess, [A] be a lion, not a maoist if [G] I [D] only had the nerve. _ _
_ [G] _ Oh, I'd be [F#m] in my _ stride, [Em] a king [A] down to [D] the core.
[Em] I'd roar the [A] way I never roared [Bm] before, _ _ and [E] then I'd, whoop, and roar [A] some more.
_ [D] I would show the dinosaurus, [G] who's king around the [D] forest, a king they'd better serve.
[G] _ _
_ Why, with my regal [A] breezer, I could be another Caesar [G] if I only [D] had the nerve. _
_ Regal_beezer?
_ _ [G] Why, with my regal _ beezer_beezer,_beeze it's a pun. What is it? Oh, _ I can't_do you guys know this one? [A] Beezer, I could be another Caesar if I only [D] had the nerve. G [Gm]-end. _ _ [G] That was one of the [A] G's that didn't belong, but I put it in [D] just to break up the long B. _ _ _ [D] G [G#]-end. Have a good day. _
[A] _ [G] Sometimes I throw in a G that you might think isn't written.
You're right, it's not written.
Sometimes [D] I just throw it in because we're waiting a long time on D and I'll [A] throw in a G.
Why not?
The chords are really [E] simplified for this, if I only had a brain.
They're very much [D#] simplified from what the orchestra is doing when [C#] you hear the Wizard of Oz.
_ _ [G] And that's [A] so it's easy to play on a [G] guitar.
And you know, it works.
It's not exactly the [D] same.
But it [G] works.
Great.
So it's [D] nice.
_ _ I could while away the hours [G] confirming with the flowers, [D] consulting with the rain.
_ _ [G] And my head I'd be scratching [A] while my thoughts were busy [D] hatching if I only had a brain. _ _
_ I'd unravel every riddle [G] for every individual [D] in trouble or in pain. _ _
[G] With the thoughts I'd be thinking [A] I could be another Lincoln [D] if I only had a brain.
_ _ _ [G]
Oh, I could [F#m] tell you why [Em] the ocean's [D] near the shore.
_ [Em] I'd think [A] of things I'd never [Bm] thought before.
[E] And then I'd sit _ and think [A] some more.
[D] I would not be just a nothing, [G] my head all full of stuff and [D] my heart all full of pain.
_ _ [G] And perhaps I'd deserve [A] you and be even worthy of you [D] if I only had a brain.
Now we go to the Tin Man.
I'm a_
We go to_
Okay, give me a minute and then we'll go to the Tin Man.
_ When a man's an empty kettle, [G] he should be on his metal.
[D] And yet I'm torn apart.
_ _ _ [G] Just because I'm [A] presuming that I could be kind of human [D] if I only had a heart.
The people who, you know, played the Tin Man in the musical are so mad with me right now.
Don't you know your lines?
No, I don't know my lines.
_ _ I'd be tender, I'd be [G] gentle, and awfully sentimental [D] regarding love and art. _ _
[G] I'd be friends with the sparrows [A] and the boy who shoots the arrows if I [D] only had a heart. _ _ _
[G] Picture me in a [F#m] balcony, _ _ _
[A] above a [D] voice sings low, _ [G] _
[Em] wherefore art thou [Bm] Romeo?
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Let's try that one again. _
_ [G] Picture me, [F#m] a balcony, _ _ [E] above a [D] voice sings low, [Em] wherefore [A] art thou [Bm] Romeo?
I [E] hear a beat.
_ _ [A] How sweet. _
[D] Just to register emotion, [G] jealousy, devotion, [D] and really feel the part. _ _ _
[G] I would stay young and chipper [A] and I'd lock it with a zipper [G] if I only [D] had a heart.
Now it's the lion. _ _
_ Life is sad, believe me, missy, [G] when you're born to be a sissy [D] without the vim and vir. _ _ _
_ [G] But I could change my habits [A] nevermore, be scared of [D] rabbits if I [D] only had a nerve. _ _ _
I'm afraid there's no denying, [G] I'm just a dandy [D] lion, a fate I don't deserve.
_ _ _ [G] But I could show my prowess, [A] be a lion, not a maoist if [G] I [D] only had the nerve. _ _
_ [G] _ Oh, I'd be [F#m] in my _ stride, [Em] a king [A] down to [D] the core.
[Em] I'd roar the [A] way I never roared [Bm] before, _ _ and [E] then I'd, whoop, and roar [A] some more.
_ [D] I would show the dinosaurus, [G] who's king around the [D] forest, a king they'd better serve.
[G] _ _
_ Why, with my regal [A] breezer, I could be another Caesar [G] if I only [D] had the nerve. _
_ Regal_beezer?
_ _ [G] Why, with my regal _ beezer_beezer,_beeze it's a pun. What is it? Oh, _ I can't_do you guys know this one? [A] Beezer, I could be another Caesar if I only [D] had the nerve. G [Gm]-end. _ _ [G] That was one of the [A] G's that didn't belong, but I put it in [D] just to break up the long B. _ _ _ [D] G [G#]-end. Have a good day. _