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Quite easy. Just listen to the song, it hasn’t even got a bridge or solo, so everythings repeating.. 
Verse:  Bm7/  F#sus4/  D/  Em7  
Chorus:  D/  Bm7(x3) 
   Dmaj7
Bm
Bm *guitar break*
So hold your head, and hold your tongue
But only say what you have to
Bm7And as a F#sus4child yes I dreDamed
Of holding Em7her in the silver scBm7reen
She loved her F#sus4man but loved him tDwice
I wish I'd Em7been that passengBm7er
Having F#sus4fun, fly my Dkite
The devil insEm7ide won't control my lBm7ife
Too much lF#sus4ove, so little hDate
The devil insEm7ide won't control my fBm7ate
Oh, if oDnly, if onlyBm7  
Oh, he waDsn't so lonelyBm7  
He'd have sDomeone to play withBm7  
            maj7
Instead of bombing our neighbours
Bm7Yeah, yeF#m7ah...D  Em7  
(verse chords:)
So here I go to see the world
With my eyes and with my soul
And too much love, so little hate
The devil inside won't control my fate
(Chorus chords:)
Oh, if only, if only
Oh, he wasn't so lonely
He'd have someone to play with
Instead of bombing our neighbours
DmYeah, yeah...
Dm7Yeah!
Bm *guitar breakes again*
So hold your head and run my time
The what of life no man can rhyme 
Bm7       etc. (verse)
So here we are and here we bleed
To be a victim there's no need
Having fun, I never fight
The devil inside controls my life
Too much love so little hate
The devil inside controls my fate
(Chorus 2x)
Oh, if only, if only
Oh, he wasn't so lonely
He'd have someone to play with
Instead of bombing our neighbours
Oh, if only, if only
Oh, he wasn't so lonely
He'd have someone to play with
Instead of bombing our neighbours
D

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If Only

by The Kooks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

F#sus4

Em7

Dmaj7

F#m7

Dm7

Quite easy. Just listen to the song, it hasn’t even got a bridge or solo, so everythings repeating..

Bm7 F#sus4 D Em7

Verse: / / /

D Bm7

Chorus: / (x3)

Dmaj7

Bm *guitar break*

So hold your head, and hold your tongue

But only say what you have to

Bm7 F#sus4 D

And as a child yes I dreamed

Em7 Bm7

Of holding her in the silver screen

F#sus4 D

She loved her man but loved him twice

Em7 Bm7

I wish I'd been that passenger

F#sus4 D

Having fun, fly my kite

Em7 Bm7

The devil inside won't control my life

F#sus4 D

Too much love, so little hate

Em7 Bm7

The devil inside won't control my fate

D Bm7

Oh, if only, if only

D Bm7

Oh, he wasn't so lonely

D Bm7

He'd have someone to play with

maj7

Instead of bombing our neighbours

Bm7 F#m7 D Em7

Yeah, yeah...

(verse chords:)

So here I go to see the world

With my eyes and with my soul

And too much love, so little hate

The devil inside won't control my fate

(Chorus chords:)

Oh, if only, if only

Oh, he wasn't so lonely

He'd have someone to play with

Instead of bombing our neighbours

Yeah, yeah...

Dm7

Yeah!

Bm *guitar breakes again*

So hold your head and run my time

The what of life no man can rhyme

Bm7 etc. (verse)

So here we are and here we bleed

To be a victim there's no need

Having fun, I never fight

The devil inside controls my life

Too much love so little hate

The devil inside controls my fate

(Chorus 2x)

Oh, if only, if only

Oh, he wasn't so lonely

He'd have someone to play with

Instead of bombing our neighbours

Oh, if only, if only

Oh, he wasn't so lonely

He'd have someone to play with

Instead of bombing our neighbours

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