Would If I Could chords by Ernest Tubb

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

F   Gm7  C7


🎸 Verse 1:
F       A#  F       A#   F   A# F
You say that you would like to try again
Gm7         C7           F  Gm7 C
You'd open up your heart and let us back in
   F      A#      F
Well, part of me wants to so bad, I can't stand it
Gm7           C
Part of me wants to be perfectly candid

🎸 Chorus:
 F
I would if I could
                Gm7
But I can't, so I won't, but I want to
  C7                            F    Gm7 C
I'd love to say, "Yes," but it's best if I don't, though I'd like to
 F
I love you enough that I'm lettin' you go
 Gm7            C
I love you so much that I'm tellin' you, "No"
 F            Gm7     C       F     Gm7  C
I would if I could but I can't, so I won't, but I want to


🎸 Verse 2:
F                 A#        F   A# F
You're tellin' me things would be different this time
Gm7          C           F   Gm7 C
I wish your change of heart would change my mind
 F
I want to believe you, I'd try us again
   Gm7            A#      C
If I really believed there was some future in it


🎸 Chorus:
 F
I would if I could
                Gm7
But I can't, so I won't, but I want to
  C7                            F    Gm7 C7
I'd love to say, "Yes," but it's best if I don't, though I'd like to
 F
I love you enough that I'm lettin' you go
 Gm7            C
I love you so much that I'm tellin' you, "No"
 F            A/E
I would if I could but I can't, so I won't
 Dm7         Gm   N.C.
I would if I could, I do and I don't


🎸 Outro:
 F               C
I would if I could but I can't, so I won't
N.C.     F   Gm7  C  F
But I want to