If 8 Were 9 chords by David Gray

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Ab

Difficulty: Novice

IF 8 WERE 9 - DAVID GRAY
from GOLD IN A BRASS AGE (2019)
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INTRO:
Ab  Db  Ab  Db
Ab  Db  Ab  Db


VERSE I:
               Eb              Db
If skin should touch and words evaporate
        Ab                         Db6
Trouble clear out of sight with my whole body listening
               Eb                 Db/F      Db
My heart leans out like these old river trees
          Ab                Bbm      Db
Closer to be where you glide, moving under me, glistening

CHORUS:
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would hold you
              Ab
Yeah, I would rock you
        Db
I would shelter you, darling
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would lift you
         Ab
Lift you clear off the ground
            Db
Through the gates into morning


VERSE II:
               Eb
The time would stretch
                  Db
Stretch out these magic hours
     Ab
Into days, into years
         Db
Tomorrow lost in the distance
               Eb
A voice speaks out
                Fm7      Db
Says, "Hey man, let it go"
           Ab                Bbm7
But when a heart has been true
               Db
Well, it don't make any difference


CHORUS:
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would hold you
              Ab
Yeah, I would rock you
        Db
I would shelter you, darling
          Ab         Db
If 8 were 9, I would lift you
         Ab
Lift you clear off the ground
            Db
Through the gates into morning
          Ab    Db/F
If 8 were 9
          Ab/Eb Db
If 8 were 9
          Ab    Db/F
If 8 were 9
          Ab/Eb
If 8 were 9
            Db
Through the gates into morning, yeah

(gtr)
Ab  DbM7/F  AbM7/Eb  Db6
Ab  DbM7/F

Outro:
     AbM7/Eb      DbM7
Yeah, through the gates into morning
Ab