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                         If I Needed You - Andrew Bird
                          Written by Townes Van Zandt
                                 Hands of Glory
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[Verse 1]
If I Gneeded you would you Gcome to me
Would you come to Cme, for to Dease my Gpain?
If you Gneeded me I would Gcome to you
I would swim the Cseas for to Dease your Gpain
[Verse 2]
In the Gnight forlorn when the Gmorning's born
And the morning Cshines with the Dlights of Glove
You will Gmiss sunrise if you Gclose your eyes
And that would Cbreak my Dheart in Gtwo
[Solo]
     G     G   C   D    G(x2)
[Verse 3]
The lady's Gwith me now since I Gshowed her how
To put her Clily Dhand in Gmine
Loop and GLil agree she's a Gsight to see
And a treasure Cfor the Dpoor to Gfind
[Outro]
     N.C.
If I needed you would you come to me
          N.C.
Would you come to me, for ease my pain?

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If I Needed You

by Andrew Bird

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If I Needed You - Andrew Bird

Written by Townes Van Zandt

Hands of Glory

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[Verse 1]

G G

If I needed you would you come to me

C D G

Would you come to me, for to ease my pain?

G G

If you needed me I would come to you

C D G

I would swim the seas for to ease your pain

[Verse 2]

G G

In the night forlorn when the morning's born

C D G

And the morning shines with the lights of love

G G

You will miss sunrise if you close your eyes

C D G

And that would break my heart in two

[Solo]

G G C D G

(x2)

[Verse 3]

G G

The lady's with me now since I showed her how

C D G

To put her lily hand in mine

G G

Loop and Lil agree she's a sight to see

C D G

And a treasure for the poor to find

[Outro]

N.C.

If I needed you would you come to me

N.C.

Would you come to me, for ease my pain?

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