If We Had A Child chords by Kasey Chambers

• Capo on 1st

Key: F#

🎸 Intro:

F  C  Gm  Bb



🎸 Verse 1:
            F
If we had a child
             C
People would come from far and near
     Gm
Even strangers who never knew ya
          Bb
They'd be singing hallelujah
            F
If we had a boy (if we had a boy)
         C
We could give him a family name
        Gm
He'd be sweeter than sugar cane
        Bb
He'd be braver than Jesse James

🎸 Chorus:
                   F
We could raise him right
               C
Down where the river end meets the sea
                  Bb
I would rock that baby boy while I hold him close
          Bb
Till they bury us both and he marries someone
     F   C  Gm  Bb
like me


🎸 Verse 2:
            F
If we had a child (if we had a child)
                C
It would be the talk of the town
        Gm
Ain't nobody ever gonna believe ya
     Bb
Everybody come and gather round
            F
If we had a girl (if we had a girl)
                 C
She could make a sunshine through the rain
                 Gm
She could make a fire without a flame
         Bb
Not even doctors could explain


🎸 Chorus:
                   F
We could raise her right
               C
Down where the river is running through
                  Bb
I would rock that baby girl forever and a day
          Bb
Till they take us away and she marries someone
     F   C  Gm  Bb
like you


🎸 Interlude:
F  C  Gm  Bb


🎸 Bridge:
Dm                                F
  I'm gonna fight for who loves you most
                                   Dm
(I'm gonna fight for who loves you most)
                                    F
For the father, the son, and the holy ghost
                           Bb
(Father, son, and the holy ghost)
                                  F
We got a world that's best for both  (Mmm-mm)
                     C
'Cause there ain't nobody (Ain't nobody)
                         Bb
That's gonna love you like me
                                 Bb
(Ain't nobody's gonna love you like me)


🎸 Outro:
            F
If we had a child
             C
People would come from far and near
     Gm
Even strangers that never knew ya
          Bb                F   C
They'd be singing hallelu  jah
     Gm          Bb
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
F              C                     Gm
  (Hallelujah
hallelujah they'd be   singing)
             Bb
(If we had a child)
F