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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1059782,"song":"If Ever I Stray","artist":"Frank Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11234792-if-ever-i-stray-chords-by-frank-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1059782?type=chord","rating":4.87978,"votes":192,"content":"Frank Turner - If Ever I Stray\r\n\r\n[ch]G/C[/ch] - 330033\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\nTab (Can be used throughout the song)\r\nChords Shapes G, Cadd9, D, Am, C\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------|\r\nB|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3----|\r\nG|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-0-0-0----|\r\nD|---0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-0---0-2-0----|\r\nA|---0-2-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3---------3-3----|\r\nE|-3------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----2----3----2----0----0----0----|\r\nB|----3----3----3----1----1----1----|\r\nG|----2----2----2----2----2----0----|   < Number of plectrum strokes not shown\r\nD|----0----0----0----2----0----2----|\r\nA|-------------------0----2----3----|\r\nE|----------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nForgive me someone, for I have sinned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd I know not where I should begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some days it feels like you just can't win[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo matter what you do or say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThings didn't kill me but I don't feel stronger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nLife is short but it feels much longer[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you've lost that fight, yeah you've lost that hunger[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo pull yourself through the day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut if ever I stray from the path I follow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake me down to the English Channel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow me in where the water is shallow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then drag me on back to shore![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos love is free and life is cheap[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut as long as I've got me a place to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nClothes on my back and some food to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't ask for anything more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo we've all got secrets that we hold inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nYeah the worst little things that you never confide[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe worst one of all that you just can't hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs that you're never quite as strong as you sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'm sorry baby, for the times I've hurt you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSorry friends, for the times I desert you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMost days it feels like I don't deserve you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder that you're all still around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut if ever I stray from the path I follow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake me down to the English Channel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrow me in where the water is shallow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then drag me on back to shore![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos love is free and life is cheap[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut as long as I've got me a place to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nClothes on my back and some food to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't ask for anything more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCome on and join me in the water[/tab]\r\n\r\nSwim for hope\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes it's hard to remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI couldn't do this on my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nBut if ever I stray from the path I follow\r\nN.C.\r\nTake me down to the English Channel\r\nN.C.\r\nThrow me in where the water is shallow\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then drag me on back to shore![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos love is free and life is cheap[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs long as I've got me a place to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nClothes on my back and some food to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't ask for anything more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't ask for anything more[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe path I chose isn't straight and narrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nIt wanders 'round like a drunken fellow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome days it's hard for me to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut if you've got my back I'll go on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you've got my back I'll go on.[/tab]","plain_text":"Frank Turner - If Ever I Stray\n\nG/C - 330033\n\n[Verse 1]\nTab (Can be used throughout the song)\nChords Shapes G, Cadd9, D, Am, C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\nSwim for hope\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nBut if ever I stray from the path I follow\nN.C.\nTake me down to the English Channel\nN.C.\nThrow me in where the water is shallow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm         G/B     C      D\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G/C","G","Cadd9","D","Am","C","B","A","E","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}