Chords for Paul Kelly - If Not Now
Tempo:
178.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[D]
[G] It's a splinter in the mind, a whisper in the heart, a feeling something's missing,
[D] some crucial little part, it's [C] business that's [G] unfinished, [C] a reckoning [G] that's due,
if not now then when, [D]
if not [G] us then who?
It's a [C] simple [G] proposition to [C] join the [G] new and old, [C] a chance to make [G] our country [D] larger in its soul,
invitation offered to [C] set our course [G] anew, if not now then when, [D] if not us [G] then who?
long can we [G] keep walking with this [C]
[G] It's a splinter in the mind, a whisper in the heart, a feeling something's missing,
[D] some crucial little part, it's [C] business that's [G] unfinished, [C] a reckoning [G] that's due,
if not now then when, [D]
if not [G] us then who?
It's a [C] simple [G] proposition to [C] join the [G] new and old, [C] a chance to make [G] our country [D] larger in its soul,
invitation offered to [C] set our course [G] anew, if not now then when, [D] if not us [G] then who?
long can we [G] keep walking with this [C]
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_ [G] It's a splinter in the mind, _ a whisper in the _ heart, a feeling _ something's missing, _
[D] some crucial little part, it's [C] business that's [G] unfinished, _ [C] a reckoning [G] that's due, _ _
if not now then when, _ [D]
if not [G] us then who? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a [C] simple _ [G] proposition _ to [C] join the [G] new and _ old, [C] a chance to make [G] our country _ [D] larger in its _ soul,
it's [G] an _ invitation offered to [C] set our course [G] anew, _ if not now then when, _ [D] if not us [G] then who?
_ _ _ How [C]
long can we [G] keep walking with this [C]
stone in [G] our shoe, _ _ [C] if not now [G] then when, [D] if not us [G] then who?
We [C] may never [G] get another _ [C] chance like this [G] again, _ _ [C] if not us [G] then who, _ [D] if not now [G] then _ when? _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ Who? _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Who? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Too many falling far behind, [C] shut [G] out of the deal, if you called and no one heard you,
_ [D]
imagine how you'd feel, _ [C] this land was [G] never given, it was taken and then sold,
but its [C] ancient [G] songs and stories [D] are a gift greater [G] than gold, _ _ _
oh the [C] status quo is [G] busted, let's stop [C] kicking that old [G] _ can,
if [C] not [G] us then who, _ [D]
if not [G] now then when?
It's [C] business [G] that's unfinished, hard [C]
time to see [G] it through,
_ _ [C] if not [G] now then when, [D] if not us then who?
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If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ [G] _ [Am] if not us then who?
_ [G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ _ [A] if not [Am] us then who?
[G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ [Am] if not us then who?
[G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] It's a splinter in the mind, _ a whisper in the _ heart, a feeling _ something's missing, _
[D] some crucial little part, it's [C] business that's [G] unfinished, _ [C] a reckoning [G] that's due, _ _
if not now then when, _ [D]
if not [G] us then who? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a [C] simple _ [G] proposition _ to [C] join the [G] new and _ old, [C] a chance to make [G] our country _ [D] larger in its _ soul,
it's [G] an _ invitation offered to [C] set our course [G] anew, _ if not now then when, _ [D] if not us [G] then who?
_ _ _ How [C]
long can we [G] keep walking with this [C]
stone in [G] our shoe, _ _ [C] if not now [G] then when, [D] if not us [G] then who?
We [C] may never [G] get another _ [C] chance like this [G] again, _ _ [C] if not us [G] then who, _ [D] if not now [G] then _ when? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ Who? _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Who? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Too many falling far behind, [C] shut [G] out of the deal, if you called and no one heard you,
_ [D]
imagine how you'd feel, _ [C] this land was [G] never given, it was taken and then sold,
but its [C] ancient [G] songs and stories [D] are a gift greater [G] than gold, _ _ _
oh the [C] status quo is [G] busted, let's stop [C] kicking that old [G] _ can,
if [C] not [G] us then who, _ [D]
if not [G] now then when?
It's [C] business [G] that's unfinished, hard [C]
time to see [G] it through,
_ _ [C] if not [G] now then when, [D] if not us then who?
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If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ [G] _ [Am] if not us then who?
_ [G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ _ [A] if not [Am] us then who?
[G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who?
_ [Em] If not now then when, _ [Am] if not us then who?
[G] _ If not now then when, _ if not us then who? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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