If She Were You chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G   B7B7
C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse
   G+G             B7B7
Well, every time I try to love another
 C majorC      D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD
I never know exactly what to do
  G+G                B7B7
I'd like to tell her just how much I want her
  C majorC        D MajorD        G+G
And I could find the way if she were you

Verse
  G+G               B7B7
Her eyes may shine for me and not another,
  C majorC         D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD
Her lonely arms reach out to hold me too
  G+G                 B7B7
She wants to take your place and be my lover
  C majorC        D MajorD        G+G
And I could make her mine if she were you

 D MajorD                 G+G
I never knew how much I cared about you
     A7A7            D MajorD  D7D7
Till your memory made me a lovesick fool
     G+G                  B7B7
When she speaks to me I hear your sweet voice calling
    C majorC         D MajorD        G+G   D MajorD
When I close my eyes your face comes into view
   G+G              B7B7
I remember how it hurt when I was falling
  C majorC       D MajorD        G+G
And I could fall again if she were you

Instrumental
G+G   B7B7
C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD
G+G   B7B7
C majorC D MajorD G+G

 D MajorD                 G+G
I never knew how much I cared about you
     A7A7            D MajorD  D7D7
Till your memory made me a lovesick fool
  G+G                 B7B7
She wants to take your place and be my lover
  C majorC        D MajorD        G+G
And I could make her mine if she were you
   C majorC        D MajorD        G+G  D MajorD G+G
Yes, I could make her mine if she were you