If I Could
Ton : ECapo 2English
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DIf I could sing like the Dpoets and kings of this world_D ____ _ D2 (xx0230) D _ _ D2
DIf I could rise like the wind_D_ o'er the tides of the sea_D ____ _ D2 D _ _ D2
G I would sing you to sleepA7 my love with sweetD melo_ _dy__-yD2-y_ D _ _ D2
G And let you dreamA7 ____ a-way_ __ till theD morning light rGeturned again
To A7take you a_ _ _-way from me_A7 ____ _ _
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DIf I could speak with the tongues D of the masters of old_D ____ _ D2 D _ _ D2
DIf I could tame all the Dfleeting perceptions I D _ hold___ D2 D _ _ D2
G Would I stand in theA7 marketplace beforeD ___ you___-ouD2-ou_D _ _ D2
G To be shouted downA7 without any waDr -ning at all, to be stooGd by the wall
And A7shot by t_ _ _he man__ in blue_A7 __ _ _
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DIf I could run with the graceD of a sun coloured stalD -lion _ _ D2 D _ _ D2
DIf I could fly like the Dgreat silver jets in the morD -ning _ _ D2 D _ _ D2
G If I caused the winA7d to change with one wavDe of _ _my hand -aD2-and_D _ _ D2
G And if I could plaA7y the final symDphony and set iGt free
Would it meanA7 an_ _ _ything to you_A7 __ _ _
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DIf I could stand like the Drusty old man in his ar_D -mour__ _ D2 D _ _ D2
DIf I could ride the steedD that he rode in his time_D ____ _ D2 D _ _ D2
G I would turn his headA7__ away to the rDiver__ ____-eD2-er_D _ _ D2
G And let him wanA7__ -der through theD meadow grass,G wild and free
For_A7 __ everyo_ _ne to see_A7 ________ _
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DIf I could sing like the Dpoets and kings of this world_D ____ _ D2 D _ _ D2
DIf I could rise like the wind_D_ o'er the tides of the sea_D ____ _ D2 D _ _ D2
G I would sing you to sleepA7 my love with sweetD melo_ _dy__-yD2-y_ D _ _ D2
G And let you dreamA7 ____ a-way_ __ till theD morning light rGeturned again
To A7take you a_ _ _-way from me_A7 _____ _ _
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