If I Could

	  		 
Verse 
      D 
If I could 
       F#m                               Am 
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes 
          B7                         Em 
Give you courage in a world of compromise 
        A 
Yes, I would 
      D 
If I could 
        F#m                                  Am 
I would teach you all the things I've never learned 
         B7                                   Em 
And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've burned 
        A 
Yes, I would 

 
      Bm 
If I could 
         E                                 A  
I would try to shield your innocence from time 
        F#m                          G#m7 
But the part of life I gave you isn't mine 
                  C#7             F#m  F#mmaj7  F#m7 A7 
I've watched you grow, so I could let -  you  -  go 


Verse 
      D 
If I could 
        F#m                                  Am 
I would help you make it through the hungry years 
       B7                               Em 
But I know that I could never dry your tears 
       A 
But I would 
      D 
If I could 

 
           Bm 
Yes, If I live 
      E                                     A  
In a time and place where you don't want to be 
          F#m                              G#m7 
You don't have to walk along this road with me 
        C#7               F#m    F#mmaj7  F#m7 B7 
My yesterday won't have to be  -  your  -  way 


Verse 
      E 
If I knew 
        G#m                                  Bm 
I would try to change the world I brought you to 
              C#7                 F#m 
And there isn't very much that I could do 
       B 
But I would 
      A 
If I could 
Oh baby 
 G#m7 
Daddy wants to protect you 
    F#m7                           B 
And help my baby through the hungriest 
Cos you're part of me 
           A 
And if you ever ever need 
        G#m7 
Said a shoulder to cry on 
   F#m7 
Or just someone to talk to 
         B 
I'll be there, I'll be there 
          A        G#m7 
I didn't change your world 
      F#m7  B 
But I would 
      E 
If I could