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If Only

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Eminor
90BPM
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Em7/4 07x785
Am7/4 5x5530
Bm7/4 7x7750
Am75x5555
C6/Dx55555
GM13b 3x444x
GM13 3x4455
G#m74x4444
B6/C#x44444
C#9b x4343x
D9b x5454x
GM6sus2 3x2232
F#m112x2200
B9# x2123x
C6/Ax05555
D6/Ax07777
CM7/A x-0-10-9-8-7
[Verse 1]
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
Safe inside the light of your embrace
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
I see a world
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
As it could be
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
If only...
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
In the tender music of your voice
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
I hear a song
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
As it should be
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
If only...
[Chorus]
Am7 C6/D GM13b GM13
If only yesterday had brought you near to me
Am7 C6/D GM13b GM13
The life we should have live would have come clear
G#m7   B#/C#C#9b
If only we had met
Am7   C6/DD9b
In another time and place
GM13b GM6sus2
And yet you haunt me
F#m11 B9#
But it wasn’t meant to be
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
This time
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
Not this time...
[Verse 2]
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
In the velvet shelter of a dream
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
I know a love
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
As it might be
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
If only...
[Bridge]
C6/ATa D6/Ada C6/Ata D6/Ada CM7/Ada da D6/Ada C6/Ada
C6/ATa D6/Ada C6/Ata D6/Ada CM7/Ada da C6/Ada D6/Ada
C6/ATa D6/Ada C6/Ata D6/Ada CM7/Ada da D6/Ada C6/Ada
C6/ATa D6/Ada C6/Ata D6/Ada CM7/Ada da C6/Ada D6/Ada
[Chorus]
Am7 C6/D GM13b GM13
If only yesterday had brought you near to me
Am7 C6/D GM13b GM13
The life we should have live would have come clear
G#m7   B#/C#C#9b
If only we had met
Am7   C6/DD9b
In another time and place
GM13b GM6sus2
And yet you haunt me
F#m11 B9#
But it wasn’t meant to be
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
This time
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
Not this time...
Em7/4 Am7/4 Bm7/4
Maybe next time...
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