Cartel – If I Were To Write The Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] C# F# A B [Verse 1]

         C#
Ring the verse, let it in, said softly begin

      B
If it feels like the first time, don't let it end

         F#                   A                    B
Cause it wanders by like something that could have been

   C#                                  B
If I were to write the song that could penetrate your ears

         F#
Would it calm your trembling soul

         A               B
Would it ease your every fear

[Pre-Chorus to Chorus]

          D#m                                    F#
Can we go back to the place where we all used to see through

                        D#m                               A
Everything blinding us, now you don't understand anything anymore

     B       C# F#m A B    C# F#m A B
And you shiver at the sight...

       C#         F#m             A       B       C# F#m A B
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight

[Verse 2]

          C#
Could one song solve all our problems

         B
Could it have the strength to heal

            F#
Or would it cripple and destroy

          A           B
And leave nothing unrevealed

C#
Might it uproot every lie

    B
And force us all to cower

F#
Beneath its tremendous weight

       A               B
In the wake of all its power

[Pre-Chorus to Chorus]

          D#m                                    F#
Can we go back to the place where we all used to see through

                        D#m                               A
Everything blinding us, now you don't understand anything anymore

         B            C# F#m A B    C# F#m A B
And you shiver at the sight...

       C#         F#m             A       B       C# F#m A B
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight

C# F#m A B (x4) [Solo] C# B F# A B (x2) [Break]

C#
Oh, did you know, did you know

Did you know better

B
Don't you know, don't you know

Don't you know better

F#
Don't you know, don't you know

Don't you know better

A
Don't you know that

[Chorus]

     B            C# F#m A B    C# F#m A B
you shiver at the sight...

       C#         F#m             A       B       C# F#m A B
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight

[Final Verse]

   C#         F#m       A   B
If I were to write the song

           C#       F#m        A   B
That could somehow change the world

         C#        F#m
Would it be a calm surrender

     A             B
Or a fight to the death?

         C#                F#m
Would it give something to live for

         A              B
Would we give our final breath?

         C#           F#m
Would it be a roaring opera

        A                B
Or as sweet as a child's kiss?

         C#                 F#m
Would it sound like all the others

            A          B
Or would it sound something like this