Ray Charles – If I Could (Guitar)

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[Verse]
      D
If I could

       F#m                               Am
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes

          B7                         Em
Give you courage in a world of compromise

        A
Yes, I would

      D
If I could

        F#m                                  Am
I would teach you all the things I've never learned

         B7                                   Em
And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've burned

        A
Yes, I would
[Chorus]
      Bm
If I could

         E                                 A   Amaj
I would try to shield your innocence from time

        F#m                          G#m7
But the part of life I gave you isn't mine

                  C#7             F#m  F#mmaj7  F#m7 A7
I've watched you grow, so I could let -  you  -  go
[Verse]
      D
If I could

        F#m                                  Am
I would help you make it through the hungry years

       B7                               Em
But I know that I could never dry your tears

       A
But I would

      D
If I could
[Chorus]
           Bm
Yes, If I live

      E                                     A  Amaj
In a time and place where you don't want to be

          F#m                              G#m7
You don't have to walk along this road with me

        C#7               F#m    F#mmaj7  F#m7 B7
My yesterday won't have to be  -  your  -  way
[Verse]
      E
If I knew

        G#m                                  Bm
I would try to change the world I brought you to

              C#7                 F#m
And there isn't very much that I could do

       B
But I would

      Amaj
If I could
Oh baby
 G#m7
Daddy wants to protect you

    F#m7                           B
And help my baby through the hungriest
Cos you're part of me
           Amaj
And if you ever ever need

        G#m7
Said a shoulder to cry on

   F#m7
Or just someone to talk to

         B
I'll be there, I'll be there

          Amaj        G#m7
I didn't change your world

      F#m7  B
But I would

      E
If I could