Chords with lyrics
Key: F#F#
🎸 Intro:
FF C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
🎸 Verse 1:
FF
If we had a child
C majorC
People would come from far and near
G minorGm
Even strangers who never knew ya
Bb majorBb
They'd be singing hallelujah
FF
If we had a boy (if we had a boy)
C majorC
We could give him a family name
G minorGm
He'd be sweeter than sugar cane
Bb majorBb
He'd be braver than Jesse James
🎸 Chorus:
FF
We could raise him right
C majorC
Down where the river end meets the sea
Bb majorBb
I would rock that baby boy while I hold him close
Bb majorBb
Till they bury us both and he marries someone
FF C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
like me
🎸 Verse 2:
FF
If we had a child (if we had a child)
C majorC
It would be the talk of the town
G minorGm
Ain't nobody ever gonna believe ya
Bb majorBb
Everybody come and gather round
FF
If we had a girl (if we had a girl)
C majorC
She could make a sunshine through the rain
G minorGm
She could make a fire without a flame
Bb majorBb
Not even doctors could explain
🎸 Chorus:
FF
We could raise her right
C majorC
Down where the river is running through
Bb majorBb
I would rock that baby girl forever and a day
Bb majorBb
Till they take us away and she marries someone
FF C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
like you
🎸 Interlude:
FF C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
🎸 Bridge:
DmDm FF
I'm gonna fight for who loves you most
DmDm
(I'm gonna fight for who loves you most)
FF
For the father, the son, and the holy ghost
Bb majorBb
(Father, son, and the holy ghost)
FF
We got a world that's best for both (Mmm-mm)
C majorC
'Cause there ain't nobody (Ain't nobody)
Bb majorBb
That's gonna love you like me
Bb majorBb
(Ain't nobody's gonna love you like me)
🎸 Outro:
FF
If we had a child
C majorC
People would come from far and near
G minorGm
Even strangers that never knew ya
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
They'd be singing hallelu jah
G minorGm Bb majorBb
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
FF C majorC G minorGm
(Hallelujah
hallelujah they'd be singing)
Bb majorBb
(If we had a child)
FF