Chords for Midge Ure - If I Was (from the album: The Gift, 1985)

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[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] If I was _ _ [Dm] a better _ man, _ _ [G] would fellow men _ take [F] _ me to their _ hearts?
[C] If I was _ _ [Dm] a stronger _ man, _ _ _
[G] _ carrying the weight of popularity, man, [F] tell me would that still
harm her? _ _ _
[Am] I'd never harm _ her [D] at [E] _ all.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] If I _ was a [F] soldier, _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] Captain _ _ Holmes, I'd [F] lay before her. _ _
[A] [C] If I _ was a [F] _ _ sailor, _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] Seven _ _ Oceans, _
[F] I'd sail to her. _ _
[C] If I was _ a _
[Dm] wise _ man, _ _ [G] would other _ men _ _ _
[F] reach out and touch me?
_ [C]
If I _ was a _
[Dm] king, _ _ would she _ [G] _
help love for a hungry [F] world?
Tell me would that appease her? _ _
[Am] I want to please _ her [D]
again.
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ If I was _ [F] a [Dm] painter, _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'd paint [G] a _ world _ [F] that couldn't take her.
_ [Dm] _ [C] If I was [F] her [Dm] leader, _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] full of love from above, [F] I would [F] feed _ her.
_ [C] _ If I _ was [F] a poet, _ _
_ _ _ [C] all my [G] love and burning [Gm] words I would [F] show her.
[Dm] _ _ [Bm] If [C] _ I was her _ [F] _ lover, _ _ _ [C] _ [G] eyes and kisses _ [D] I would [Dm] cover.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm]
Come here my baby, [Dm] _ _ _ oh they can't touch you [D#] now. _ _
[Gm] I'll keep you safe and [C#] warm, _ [Dm] I'll never leave [C] you at all. _
Come here my baby, [D] _ _ _ _ _
won't touch [G] you.
Dishing up love for a hungry world, [F] tell me would that appease you?
_ _ _ [A] I want to please you _ [D] again. _ _ _
[G] If _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ I _ was [F] a soldier, _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] Captain _ _ Arms [F] I'd lay before _ her.
_ [C] If I _ was [F] a _ _ sailor, _ _ _ [C] _ [G] seven _ _ _ oceans [F] I'd sail to her.
_ _ [G] _ [C] If _ I was _ a [F] painter, _ _
_ _ _ [C] [G] paint a world _ [F] that couldn't take [Dm] her.
_ _ [C] If _ I was her _ [F] leader, _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] [G] full of love from above, I would feed her. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _