{"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":1854163,"song":"If I Could","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1854163-if-i-could-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854163?type=chord","rating":4.87191,"votes":7,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - If I Could\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I could sing like the poets and kings of this world [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could rise like the wind o'er the tides of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let you dream away till the morning light returned again [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo take you away from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I could speak with the tongues of the masters of old [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could tame all the fleeting perceptions I hold [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould I stand in the marketplace before you [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo be shouted down without any warning at all, to be stood by the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd shot by the man in blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I could run with the grace of a sun coloured stallion [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could fly like the great silver jets in the morning [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I caused the wind to change with one wave of my hand [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if I could play the final symphony and set it free [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould it mean anything to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I could stand like the rusty old man in his armour [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could ride the steed that he rode in his time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would turn his head away to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let him wander through the meadow grass, wild and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor everyone to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I could sing like the poets and kings of this world [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could rise like the wind o'er the tides of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would sing you to sleep my love with sweet melody[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let you dream away till the morning light returned again [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                    \r\nTo take you away from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - If I Could\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO]\n D    C  G  D    C  G\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nD    C  G  D    C  G  D    C  G  D","chords":["D","C","G","A7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}