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[Intro]
Am7 D Am7 D Am7
[Verse 1]
If I only Dknew what wakes me,Am7  
If I only Dknew.Am7  
Then I would be Doutside walkin',Am7  
Through the morning Ddew-ooh with Bbmaj7you,
It shouldn't be Ctoo far,BbMaj7  
It shouldn't be Cfar aAm7way, aDway, away, aAm7way.D  Am7  
[Verse 2]
If I only Dknew which road went Am7where,
If I only Dknew.Am7  
Then I would be Doutside walkin',Am7  
Through the morning Dair-air with Bbmaj7you,
It shouldn't be Ctoo hard,Bbmaj7  
It shouldn't be Chard to Am7see, to Dsee, to see, to Am7see,D  
(Interlude with Sax Lead)  Am7   D   Am7   D   Am7   D   Am7   D   Bbmaj7   C   Bbmaj7   C   Am7   D   Am7  D  
[Bridge]
DmHey you,D  
Put some Dmfunny looking Dclothes on.
Me Dmtoo, D  
Then we can Dmrun around and Dshow our happy Am7glow.
(Interlude with Guitar lead)  D   Am7   D   Am7   D   Am7   D  Am7  
[verse 3]
If I only Dknew what it would Am7take,
If I only Dknew.Am7  
Then I wouldn't Dmake the same misAm7takes,
That I usually Ddo-ooh with Bbmaj7you,
It shouldn't be Ctoo hard,Bbmaj7  
It shouldn't be Chard to Am7do, to Ddo, to do, to Am7do.D  
(Outro with Guitar & Sax leads) Am7 D Am7 D (repeat & fade)

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If I Only Knew

by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Bbmaj7

[Intro]

Am7 D Am7 D Am7

[Verse 1]

D Am7

If I only knew what wakes me,

D Am7

If I only knew.

D Am7

Then I would be outside walkin',

D Bbmaj7

Through the morning dew-ooh with you,

C BbMaj7

It shouldn't be too far,

C Am7 D Am7 D Am7

It shouldn't be far away, away, away, away.

[Verse 2]

D Am7

If I only knew which road went where,

D Am7

If I only knew.

D Am7

Then I would be outside walkin',

D Bbmaj7

Through the morning air-air with you,

C Bbmaj7

It shouldn't be too hard,

C Am7 D Am7 D

It shouldn't be hard to see, to see, to see, to see,

Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Bbmaj7 C Bbmaj7 C Am7 D Am7 D

(Interlude with Sax Lead)

[Bridge]

Dm D

Hey you,

Dm D

Put some funny looking clothes on.

Dm D

Me too,

Dm D Am7

Then we can run around and show our happy glow.

D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7

(Interlude with Guitar lead)

[verse 3]

D Am7

If I only knew what it would take,

D Am7

If I only knew.

D Am7

Then I wouldn't make the same mistakes,

D Bbmaj7

That I usually do-ooh with you,

C Bbmaj7

It shouldn't be too hard,

C Am7 D Am7 D

It shouldn't be hard to do, to do, to do, to do.

(Outro with Guitar & Sax leads) Am7 D Am7 D (repeat & fade)

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