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