If I Was Chords by Midge Ure

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_ _ [C] If I was _ _ [Dm] a better _ man, _ _ [G] would fellow men _
_ _ [F] take me to their _ _ [C] hearts?
If I was _ _ a [Dm] stronger _ man, _ _ [G] _ carrying the weight of popular demand,
[F] Tell me would that to love her _ _ [Am] _ never harm her at [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F]
all?
[G] _ _ If [C] I was _ a [F] soldier, _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Captain _ _ Homs, I'd [F] leave before _ her.
_ [C] If I _ was [F] a _ [F] sailor, _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] Seven _ _
_ [G] Oceans, [F] I'd sail to her.
_ _ _ [C] _ If I was _ a [Dm] wiser _ man, _ _ _ [G] would other men _ _ [F] reach out and touch _ me?
[C] If I was _ _ [Dm] a kind _ _ man, _ _ [G] _ she'd help me out for a hungry world.
[F] Tell me would that appease her?
_ _ [Am] I want to please _ her, [D] forget _ [Em] _
[F] her.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] If I was _ a [Dm] painter, _ _ _ _ _
[C] paint [G] a world _ that [F] couldn't take her. _ _
_ [C] If I was her [F] _ leader, _ _ _ _ _ would [G] I flout from the bar I'd [F] feed her? _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] If I was _ her, [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] all my [G] love and burning words [Gm] I would [F] show her.
_ [Dm] _
_ [C] If I was _ her, [F] _ _ _ _ _
her [C] eyes [G] and _ kisses _ [D] I would cover.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ Come _ here my baby, _ _ _ oh they can't touch you [Cm] now.
_ _ I'll keep [G] you safe and [F] warm, _ I'll never leave [C] you at all.
_ _ Come here my baby, _ [D] _ _ _ _ won't touch you.
[G] Wishing up love for a hungry world.
Tell me [F] would that appease you? _
I [A] want to please you _ _ [D] _ [Em] again.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ [C] If I was _ a [F] soldier, _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] Captain _ Homs, _ I'd [F] leave before _ her.
_ [G] [C] If I was _ a [F] sailor, _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] seven _ _ oceans _ [F] I'd sail to _ her.
_ [G] _ [C] If I _ was a [F] painter, _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] paint a world that [F] couldn't take her.
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] If I was her [F] _ leader, _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ would [G] I flout from the bar _ [F] I'd feed her?
_ _ [G] _ [C] If I was [F] her, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ all my love _
_ _ _ [F] I'd show her.
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