If Children Had Wings Cifras

Gordon Lightfoot - If Children Had Wings
 
 
## 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)
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