David Gray – If 8 Were 9 (Guitar)

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from GOLD IN A BRASS AGE (2019) =============================== [INTRO] Ab Db Ab Db Ab Db Ab Db [VERSE I]
               Eb              Db
If skin should touch and words evaporate

        Ab                         Db6
Trouble clear out of sight with my whole body listening

               Eb                 Db/F      Db
My heart leans out like these old river trees

          Ab                Bbm      Db
Closer to be where you glide, moving under me, glistening
[CHORUS]
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would hold you

              Ab
Yeah, I would rock you

        Db
I would shelter you, darling

          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would lift you

         Ab
Lift you clear off the ground

            Db
Through the gates into morning
[VERSE II]
               Eb
The time would stretch

                  Db
Stretch out these magic hours

     Ab
Into days, into years

         Db
Tomorrow lost in the distance

               Eb
A voice speaks out

                Fm7      Db
Says, "Hey man, let it go"

           Ab                Bbm7
But when a heart has been true

               Db
Well, it don't make any difference
[CHORUS]
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would hold you

              Ab
Yeah, I would rock you

        Db
I would shelter you, darling

          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would lift you

         Ab
Lift you clear off the ground

            Db
Through the gates into morning

          Ab    Db/F
If 8 were 9

          Ab/Eb Db
If 8 were 9

          Ab    Db/F
If 8 were 9

          Ab/Eb
If 8 were 9

            Db
Through the gates into morning, yeah
(gtr) Ab DbM7/F AbM7/Eb Db6 Ab DbM7/F [Outro]
     AbM7/Eb      DbM7
Yeah, through the gates into morning
Ab