{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1840049,"song":"If Children Had Wings","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1840049-if-children-had-wings-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1840049?type=chord","rating":4.88759,"votes":19,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - If Children Had Wings\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Combined Walk-Down/Walk-Up from [ch]D/A[/ch] back to [ch]D/A[/ch] ##\r\n## NOTE 2: ~ ~   = Walk-Down from [ch]C[/ch] to [ch]G[/ch]                           ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  (2x)\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a love I hold dear [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it shines through each year       [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]           [ch]D/A[/ch]  ~ ~ ~\r\nAnd it makes things seem different somehow [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's for better or worse [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's for people who thirst [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   ~ ~ [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a love that burns brighter right now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]-[ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd if children had wings, I would sing them their song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a smile on my face and a tear in my eye [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] ~ ~ [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nEverything will be fine by and by[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL:] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were things that were said [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere were things that were done [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]  ~ ~ ~\r\nAnd a wife cannot stand too much pain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd what I thought was best [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCouldn't please her much less [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   ~ ~ [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut my love still goes on, that won't change[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]-[ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd if children had wings, I would sing them their song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a smile on my face and a tear in my eye [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] ~ ~ [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nEverything will be fine by and by[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D/A[/ch]-[ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd if children had wings, I would sing them their song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a smile on my face and a tear in my eye [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] ~ ~ [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nEverything will be fine by and by[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO:] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  (2x)","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - If Children Had Wings\n\n\n## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Combined Walk-Down/Walk-Up from D/A back to D/A ##\n## NOTE 2: ~ ~   = Walk-Down from C to G                           ##\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G  (2x)\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL:] Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO:] Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G  (2x)","chords":["D/A","C","G","Em","Am","D","C/G","Dm","D/F#"],"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]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}