If I Was Chords by Midge Ure

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If I was _ _ [Dm] a better _ [D] _ 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, [F] man, tell me would that still have hurt? _ _
[Am] _ I'd never harm her _ [D] at [Em] _ _ _ [F] [G] all. _
_ _ [C] If I _ was a _ [Dm] soldier, _ _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ Captain _ Arms, I'd [F] lay before _ _ her.
[G] _ [C] If I was a _ [Dm] _ _ _ sailor, _ [C] _ _ [G] Seven _ [C] _ [G]
Oceans, _ [F] I'd sail to [Dm] her. _
_ [C] _ If I was _ _ _ [Dm] a wise _ man, _ _ [G] would other _ men _ _ [F] reach out and touch _ me?
[C] _ If I was _ a [Dm] caring _ _ man, _ _ [G] fishing out love for a hungry world, [F] tell me would that appease her?
_ _ [Am] I'd want to please her _ [Em] again.
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[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] If I _ was _ a [F] poet, _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] all my [G] love and burning words I would [F] show her.
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[C] If I _ was _ _ [Dm] her, _ _ _ _ [C] her [G] eyes and kisses _ [C]
[F] I would [Dm] cover. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Cm] _ Come here my baby, [Dm] _ _ oh they can't touch you [G] now.
_ I'll keep you safe and [C#] warm, _ _ [Dm] I'll never [C] leave you at all.
Come here my baby, [D] _ _ oh they won't touch you.
[G] Fishing out love for a hungry world, tell [F] me would that appease you? _ _
[A] I'd want to please you [G] again.
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_ [Em] If I _ [C] was a _ [F] _ soldier, _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] Captain _ Arms, _ I'd lay before [F] her.
_ [Dm] _
_ [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] prince, a _ _
_ [C] _ [G] prince of _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ Caesar.
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