If I Could Cifras

[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
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