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If Chords by Strawbs

If chords by Strawbs

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em  D   C   G  D  Em   Am   D   G
Em  D   C   G  D  Em   Am   D   G   Em

Verse:
   D               C        G     D
If I should live a thousand years
        Em       Am         D         G     Em
I would spend my whole life dying for you
   D               C        G     D
If I should shed a thousand tears
        Em       Am         D          G
I would spend my whole life crying for you
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Chorus:
   G           D
As certain as eternity
     C              G
It's written in the stars
                       D
It reaches through the universe
     C          G
From Jupiter to Mars
                  D
It stretches to infinity
  Csus4            Em
Beyond the edge of space
      G              D
Where time itself is measured
       C               G       Em
In the smile upon your face
   D               C        G     D
If I should live a thousand years
        Em       Am         D      G     Em
I would spend my whole life loving you

Verse:
   D               C        G       D
If I should pick a thousand flowers
        Em         Am          D        G     Em
I would touch each petal for a trace of you
    D              C      G      D
For every thousand April showers
        Em        Am            D          G
I would chase the rainbow for a place with you

Chorus:
   G           D
As certain as eternity
     C              G
It's written in the stars
                       D
It reaches through the universe
     C          G
From Jupiter to Mars
                  D
It stretches to infinity
  Csus4            Em
Beyond the edge of space
      G              D
Where time itself is measured
       C               G       Em
In the smile upon your face
   D               C        G     D
If I should live a thousand years
        Em       Am         D      G     Em
I would spend my whole life loving you

Instrumental:
Em  D   C   G  D  Em   Am   D   G
Em  D   C   G  D  Em   Am   D   G   Em

Verse:
   D                C        G      D
If I should bless a thousand brides
        Em           Am     D         G    Em
I would never find a-one as sweet as you
    D              C           G     D
For every thousand high spring tides
            Em       Am        D         G
There could never be one to compete with you

Chorus:
   G           D
As certain as eternity
     C              G
It's written in the stars
                       D
It reaches through the universe
     C          G
From Jupiter to Mars
                  D
It stretches to infinity
  Csus4            Em
Beyond the edge of space
      G              D
Where time itself is measured
       C               G       Em
In the smile upon your face
   D               C        G     D
If I should live a thousand years
        Em       Am         D      G     Em
I would spend my whole life loving you

Outro:
Em  D   C   G  D  Em   Am   D   G

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