Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray (Guitar)

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G/C - 330033 [Verse 1] Tab (Can be used throughout the song) Chords Shapes G, Cadd9, D, Am, C
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3----|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-0-0-0----|
D|---0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-0---0-2-0----|
A|---0-2-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3---------3-3----|
E|-3------------------------------------|

e|----2----3----2----0----0----0----|
B|----3----3----3----1----1----1----|
G|----2----2----2----2----2----0----|   < Number of plectrum strokes not shown
D|----0----0----0----2----0----2----|
A|-------------------0----2----3----|
E|----------------------------------|
[Verse]
G
Forgive me someone, for I have sinned

      Cadd9
And I know not where I should begin

    D
And some days it feels like you just can't win

   Am                     C
No matter what you do or say.

G
Things didn't kill me but I don't feel stronger

Cadd9
Life is short but it feels much longer

            D
When you've lost that fight, yeah you've lost that hunger

   Am                         C
To pull yourself through the day.
[Chorus]
      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow

C
Take me down to the English Channel

D
Throw me in where the water is shallow

         Am         G/B     C
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap

       C
But as long as I've got me a place to sleep

D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat

  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more

D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4
G [Verse]
         G
So we've all got secrets that we hold inside

    Cadd9
Yeah the worst little things that you never confide

     D
The worst one of all that you just can't hide

               Am                           C
Is that you're never quite as strong as you sound

G
So I'm sorry baby, for the times I've hurt you

Cadd9
Sorry friends, for the times I desert you

D
Most days it feels like I don't deserve you

      Am                             C
And I wonder that you're all still around
[Chorus]
      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow

C
Take me down to the English Channel

D
Throw me in where the water is shallow

         Am         G/B     C
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap

       C
But as long as I've got me a place to sleep

D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat

  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more

D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4
G [Bridge]
                           D
Come on and join me in the water
Swim for hope
                       C
Sometimes it's hard to remember

                  C           D
I couldn't do this on my own
[Chorus] N.C. But if ever I stray from the path I follow N.C. Take me down to the English Channel N.C. Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am         G/B     C      D
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap

   C
As long as I've got me a place to sleep

D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat

  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more

Am            G/B      C
Can't ask for anything more
Am G/B C D [Outro]
G
The path I chose isn't straight and narrow

Cadd9
It wanders 'round like a drunken fellow

     D
Some days it's hard for me to follow

               Am    G/B          C
But if you've got my back I'll go on.

   D                            G
If you've got my back I'll go on.