Chords for Midge Ure - If I Was (Extended Edit)

Tempo:
127.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Dm

F

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Midge Ure - If I Was (Extended Edit) chords
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[C]
[Dm]
[G]
[F] [C]
[Dm]
[G]
[F] [C]
[Dm]
[G]
[F]
[C] If I was [Dm] a better man,
[G] would fellow men take [F] me to their heart?
[C] If I was [Dm] a stronger man,
[G] carrying the weight of popularity,
Would a happy man tell [F] me when I told of her,
[Am] I'd never harm her [D] at [E] [F] [G] all?
[C] If I was a [Dm] soldier,
[C] [G] Captain [D] [G] of Zayin, [F] lay [G] [F] before her,
[Dm] [C] If I was a [Dm] sailor,
[C] [Em] seven [G] oceans [Em] [F] I'd sail [Dm] to her.
[C]
[Dm]
[G]
[F] [C]
[Dm]
[G]
[F]
[C] If I was a [Dm] wiser man,
[G] would other men
[F] reach out and touch me?
[C] If [Dm] I was a kind man, [G] is she not loved for a hungry world?
[F] Tell me, would that appease her?
[Am] I want to please her [Em] again.
[F] [G]
[Am] If [D] [Dm] [G] [C]
I was a [Dm] painter, [C] [Em] paint [G] a world that [F] could entail her.
[Dm] [C] If I was her [Dm]
leader, [C] would [G] a love, probable, [Em]
[C] I'd [Dm] feed her?
If [G]
[Dm]
[F] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [F] [G] [Bm] [C]
I was a [Dm] painter, [C] I'd [Em] paint [G] a world that [F] could [G] entail [F] her.
[B]
[C] If I was her [Dm] leader, [C]
[G] would a love, probable, [F] I'd feed [Dm] her?
[G]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [G]
[C]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [G]
[C]
[F] [Bm]
[C] If I was her [F] poet, [C]
all my [G] love and burning words I would [F] show her.
[Dm] [Bm]
[C] If I [Em] [C] was her [Dm] flower, [C] her eyes [G] and kisses [Em] I [F] would cover.
[Cm] Come here my [D] baby, oh [Dm] they can't touch you now.
[G] I'll keep you safe [F] and warm, I'll never leave you [Cm] at all.
Come here my baby, [D]
oh they won't touch you.
[G]
Is she not loved for a hungry world?
[F] Tell me, would that appease you?
[A] I want to please you [Em]
again.
[G]
[C] [G] [Dm] [G]
[Em] If I [C] was her [F] poet, [C]
all my [G] love and burning words I would [F] show her.
[Dm] [Bm]
[C] If I was her [Dm] lover, [C]
[G] her eyes and kisses [Em]
I [F] would [Dm] cover.
[G]
If
[C] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
[G]
[C] [Dm] [F] [Dm]
[G]
[F] [G] [F] [Bm]
[C] I was [Am] her [F] soldier,
[C] [G] capture her arms I'd [F] lay before [Dm] her.
[G] [C] If I was a [F] sailor,
[C] [G] seven oceans [C] [F] I'd sail to her.
[G]
[C] If I
[Dm] was a painter,
[C] [G] I'd paint a world that [F] could entail her.
[Dm]
[G] [C] If I was her [F] leader,
[C] [G] would a love, probable, [F] I'd feed her?
[G] [C] If I was her [F] [Dm]
[C] poet, [G] all my love and burning words I would show her.
[F] [Dm]
[C]
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Em
121
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
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To start learning Midge Ure - ([Deluxe Edition], 2023 Remaster) If I Was chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F, C, Dm, G, F, Dm, G and C. Ease into the song by practicing at 63 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 128 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Major in mind.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ If I _ was _ _ [Dm] a better _ man, _ _
[G] would fellow _ men _ take [F] me to their _ _ heart?
[C] If I _ was _ _ [Dm] a stronger _ man, _ _
_ [G] carrying the weight of popularity,
Would a happy man tell [F] me when I told of her, _ _ _
_ [Am] I'd never harm _ her [D] at [E] _ _ _ [F] [G] all? _
_ [C] If I _ was a [Dm] soldier, _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] Captain _ [D] [G] of _ Zayin, [F] lay [G] [F] before _ _ her,
[Dm] _ [C] If I _ was a _ [Dm] _ sailor, _ _
_ [C] _ [Em] seven _ [G] _ oceans _ [Em] [F] I'd sail [Dm] to her. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] If I was a _ [Dm] _ wiser _ man, _
_ [G] would other men _ _
_ [F] reach out and touch _ me?
[C] _ _ _ _ _ If _ [Dm] I was a kind _ man, _ _ _ [G] is she not loved for a hungry world?
[F] Tell me, would that appease her? _
_ [Am] I want to please _ her _ [Em] again.
_ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [Am] If [D] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
I was _ a [Dm] painter, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [Em] paint [G] a world _ that [F] could entail her.
_ [Dm] _ [C] If I was her _ [Dm]
leader, _ _ _ _ _ [C] would [G] a love, probable, _ _ [Em] _
[C] I'd [Dm] feed her?
_ If [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
I _ was a [Dm] painter, _ _ _ _ [C] I'd [Em] paint [G] a _ world that [F] could [G] entail [F] her.
_ _ [B] _
[C] If I was her [Dm] leader, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] would a love, probable, _ _ [F] I'd feed [Dm] her?
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] If I _ was _ her [F] poet, _ _ _ _ _ [C]
all my [G] love and burning words I would [F] show her.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bm]
[C] If I [Em] [C] was _ her [Dm] _ _ _ _ flower, [C] her eyes [G] and _ kisses [Em] I [F] would cover. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] Come here my [D] baby, _ oh [Dm] they can't touch you now.
[G] _ _ I'll keep you safe [F] and warm, _ I'll never leave you [Cm] at all.
_ Come here my baby, [D] _
_ oh they won't touch you.
[G]
Is she not loved for a hungry world?
[F] Tell me, would that appease you? _ _
[A] I want to please you _ [Em] _
again.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _
[Em] If I [C] was her [F] poet, _ _ _ _ _ [C]
all my [G] love and burning words I would [F] show her.
[Dm] _ _ [Bm] _
[C] If I _ was her _ [Dm] lover, _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] her eyes and _ kisses [Em]
I [F] would [Dm] cover.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ If _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ I was [Am] her _ [F] soldier, _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] capture her arms I'd [F] lay before _ _ [Dm] her. _
[G] [C] If _ I was a _ [F] _ sailor, _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] seven _ _ _ oceans [C] [F] I'd sail to her.
_ [G] _
[C] If I _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] was a painter, _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] I'd paint a world that [F] could entail her.
[Dm] _ _
[G] _ [C] If I was her _ [F] leader, _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] would a _ love, probable, _ [F] I'd feed her? _ _
[G] _ [C] If I was her [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] poet, [G] all my love and burning words I would show her. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

Among the tracks on the album The Gift, written by Midge Ure and Daniel Mitchell, this one stands out.