Chords for Regina Belle - If iI Could

_ _ [G] You, _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ yeah
[C] _ If [Bb] I could, _ [F] I'd protect you from the [Fm] sadness in your eyes
[Abm] Give you courage [G] in a world of [Cm] compromise
[C] _ [F] Yes I would, _ [Bb] if I could
_ [F] I would teach you all the things I've [Fm] never learned
_ [G] And I'd help you cross the [C] bridges that I've burned
_ _ [F] Yes I would, [Gm] if I could
I _ [C] would try to shield your [F] innocence from time
_ But [Bb] the part of life you gave [E] me isn't mine
I _ _ [A] would watch you grow, _ [Dm] so I could let you [F] go _
_ [Bb] _ _ If I [F] could, I would help you make it through [Fm] the hungry years
[G] But I know that I can [C] never cry your tears back
But I would, _ [Bb] if I could
_ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] In a time and place where you [F] don't wanna be
You [Bb] don't have to walk along this [E] road with me
My [A] yesterday won't [Dm] have to be a _ [F] wet [Eb] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Gb] new blue
I tried to change the [Gbm] world I brought you to
_ _ [Ab] Now there isn't much more that [Dbm] I can do
[Gb] But I [E] would, if [B] I could
_ _ [Eb] _ And _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Db] I would try to shield your innocence [B] from [Gb] time
[B] But the part of life you gave [F] me isn't mine
I [Bb] would watch you grow, [Ebm] so I could let [Bb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [B] _ you go
If I [Gb] could, I'd help you make it [Gbm] through the hungry years
[Ab] But I know that I can [Db] never cry your tears back
[Gb] But I would, _ [B] if [Abm] I could
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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