If Ever I Stray chords by Frank Turner

G/C - 330033

First Verse Tab (Can be used throughout the song) - Chords Shapes G, Cadd9, D, Am, C

E-----------------------------------/
B---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-/
G---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-0-0-0-/
D---0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-0---0-2-0-/
A---0-2-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3---------3-3-/
E-3---------------------------------/


E----2----3----2----0----0----0-/
B----3----3----3----1----1----1-/
G----2----2----2----2----2----0-/   < Number of plectrum strokes not shown
D----0----0----0----2----0----2-/
A-------------------0----2----3-/
E-------------------------------/

G
Forgive me someone, for I have sinned
      Cadd9
And I know not where I should begin
     D
Some days it feels like you just can't win
   Am                     C
No matter what you do or say.

G
Things didn't kill me but I don't feel stronger
Cadd9
Life is short but it feels much longer
       D
You've lost that drive, you've lost that hunger
   Am                         C
To pull yourself through the day.

Chorus

      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
C
Take me down to the English Channel
D
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am                 C
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
   C
As long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am                     C
I can't ask for anything more

D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4

G

G
We've all got secrets that we hold inside
    Cadd9
The worst little things that we try and defy
     D
The worst one of all that you never can hide
               Am                           C
Is that you're never quite as strong as you sound

G
So I'm sorry baby, for the times I've hurt you
Cadd9
Sorry friends, for the times I desert you
 D
Most days it feels like I don't deserve you
   Am                           C
No wonder that you're all still around


Chorus

      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
C
Take me down to the English Channel
D
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am                 C
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
   C
As long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am                     C
I can't ask for anything more


D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4

G


                           D
Come on and join me in the water

Swim for hope
                       G/C
Sometimes it's hard to remember
G
I couldn't do this on my own


Chorus

      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
C
Take me down to the English Channel
D
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am                 C
And then drag me on back to shore!

     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
   C
As long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am                     C
I can't ask for anything more

D
I can't ask for anything more

G
The path I chose isn't straight and narrow
Cadd9
It wanders 'round like a drunken fellow
     D
Some days it's hard for me to follow
               Am                 C
But if you've got my back I'll go on.
   D                            G