Gordon Lightfoot – If Children Had Wings (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Combined Walk-Down/Walk-Up from D/A back to D/A ##
## NOTE 2: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G ##
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] Em Am D G C Am D G (2x)
[VERSE 1:]
C There's a love I hold dear G Em And it shines through each year Am C/G D/A ~ ~ ~ And it makes things seem different somehow D/A Em C It's for better or worse G Em It's for people who thirst Am D C ~ ~ G For a love that burns brighter right now
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone C G Am D D/A-D/F# And if children had wings, I would sing them their song Em C G Em With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye Am D C ~ ~ G Everything will be fine by and by
[INSTRUMENTAL:] Em Am D G C Am D G
[VERSE 2:]
C There were things that were said G Em There were things that were done Am C/G D/A ~ ~ ~ And a wife cannot stand too much pain D/A Em C And what I thought was best G Em Couldn't please her much less Am D C ~ ~ G But my love still goes on, that won't change
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone C G Am D D/A-D/F# And if children had wings, I would sing them their song Em C G Em With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye Am D C ~ ~ G Everything will be fine by and by
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone C G Am D D/A-D/F# And if children had wings, I would sing them their song Em C G Em With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye Am D C ~ ~ G Everything will be fine by and by
[OUTRO:] Em Am D G C Am D G (2x)