Gordon Lightfoot – If Children Had Wings (Guitar)

Capo 2
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## 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)