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Lori McKenna - If He Tried
[Intro]
C    F  C    F
[Verse 1]
CThink it’s finally breaking Fme dowCnF  
To my Ccredit, I feel like I held on as Flong as I CcouldF  
I Cbarely recognize Fmyself CnowF  
I’d Amteach my heart to lie if FI thought that it CwouldF  
[Chorus]
GI don’t need the whole world to Fthink I’m special
GI don’t need him to hang the Fstars in the sky
GPay for all my sins or Fsave me from drowning
But Amwouldn’t Git be Fnice if he CtriedF  C  F  
[Verse 2]
CIt’s finally tearFing me aCpartF  
An imCpossible mending you can’t see Ffrom the outCsideF  
And Cno one knows where Fall the pieces CareF  
"Do you Amlove me?" I say. “FSure” he replCiedF  
[Chorus]
GI don’t need the whole world to Fthink I’m special
GI don’t need him to hang the Fstars in the sky
GPay for all my sins or Fsave me from drowning
But Amwouldn’t Git be Fnice
[Bridge]
AmWouldn’t Git be Fnice
If his Ceyes would Flight up when he Cspoke my Fname
If he’d Crun to Fcatch me in his arms at the Amend of the FdayC  F  C  F  
[Chorus]
GI don’t need the whole world to Fthink I’m special
GI don’t need him to pull the Fstars from the sky
Just to Gstring up my name in Ftiny sparkling lightsAm  
GWouldn’t it be Fnice
AmWouldn’t Git be FniceC  
FIf he CtriedF  C  F  

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If He Tried

by Lori McKenna

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Lori McKenna - If He Tried

[Intro]

C F C F

[Verse 1]

C F C F

Think it’s finally breaking me down

C F C F

To my credit, I feel like I held on as long as I could

C F C F

I barely recognize myself now

Am F C F

I’d teach my heart to lie if I thought that it would

[Chorus]

G F

I don’t need the whole world to think I’m special

G F

I don’t need him to hang the stars in the sky

G F

Pay for all my sins or save me from drowning

Am G F C F C F

But wouldn’t it be nice if he tried

[Verse 2]

C F C F

It’s finally tearing me apart

C F C F

An impossible mending you can’t see from the outside

C F C F

And no one knows where all the pieces are

Am F C F

"Do you love me?" I say. “Sure” he replied

[Chorus]

G F

I don’t need the whole world to think I’m special

G F

I don’t need him to hang the stars in the sky

G F

Pay for all my sins or save me from drowning

Am G F

But wouldn’t it be nice

[Bridge]

Am G F

Wouldn’t it be nice

C F C F

If his eyes would light up when he spoke my name

C F Am F C F C F

If he’d run to catch me in his arms at the end of the day

[Chorus]

G F

I don’t need the whole world to think I’m special

G F

I don’t need him to pull the stars from the sky

G F Am

Just to string up my name in tiny sparkling lights

G F

Wouldn’t it be nice

Am G F C

Wouldn’t it be nice

F C F C F

If he tried

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