Rory Gallagher – If I Had A Reason (Guitar)

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If I had a reason I'd tell you what it is

     E               A    F#m
Must I explain how I feel

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I've tried and I've tried to make it so clear

     E              C#m    B E
But my time is just wasted I fear

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Well it's only an old song but it serves it's purpose well

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By the cry in your voice I can tell

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When you sing there's a feeling behind the words

     E         C#m   B  E
That brings it all back again

E   B                             G#m        B
I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while you slip away

B
I'm searching for words I can say

                              G#m            B
I'm listening, I'm listening, tryin' not to hear

                                C#m  B
You say that we might meet some day

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There's a picture that's faded and curling from it's frame

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Of a face that smiles patiently

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It might smile forever to make me feel better

    E      C#m    B   E
But I just might wait to see

E   B                             G#m        B
I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while you slip away

B
I'm searching for words I can say

                              G#m            B
I'm listening, I'm listening, tryin' not to hear

                                C#m  B
You say that we might meet some day

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There's answers to questions that we both wanna know

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But those answers keep evading me

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There's rhymes and there's reasons, there's rights and there's wrongs

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For being what you are to me

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If I had a a reason I'd tell you what it is

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Would you do the same thing for  me?

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"Cause the minute you go there's one thing I know

         E             C#m     B   E
That the day will mean nothing for me