Chords for Colin Hay - If I Had Been A Better Man (eTown webisode #791)

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[Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] I think it's just [F] one of those places [Gm] that is _ constantly in development, which is, seems
like it has, there's a lot of [Dm] heart and soul here, which is really quite rare [G] _ in this [F] world.
I think it's a great [Dm] idea.
I think it's a really good idea because it doesn't happen that often.
You know, _ [Gm] you do music shows and that's really what it is.
[G#] _ [Dm] But _ [A#] if there is [F] something that you want to talk about, I think it's important to put
it out there, especially, _ [Gm] you get [A#] so much of a barrage of other things, which is [F] all
fear-based, you know, and I think that what that gentleman was saying tonight is really
true [Gm] and that is that _ if people could do something, [C] if they [F] would do something, and it's a matter
of letting people know what they can [Gm] do, you know, everything affects everything [A#] else.
You know, it's _ [F] _ _ this, you know, little planet spinning around the sun at this kind of [Gm] incredible
speed and [A#] as far as we know, there's [A#m] probably lots of [Dm] other, _ there probably is lots of other
life out [E] there, but, you know, so far, we're it.
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_ _ [E] _ I bet a [A] man _
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promises were not to keep thrown into the dirt.
_ There must be more [F#m] I told myself [Bm] as I buttoned [F#m] up [E] my shirts.
_ [A] I could paint myself [C#m] in glory now [Bm] and be proud of who [E] I am.
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If [E] I had been a better [A] man, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
storming through [E] the deep suburbs of my _
[D] mind.
_ _ _ _ [A] The secrets of silence and [Bm]
wine.
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_ I will [E] sing you so [D]
long.
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Now only love, _ _ [Bm] _
_ only love makes me [E]
strong.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Your charity _ [D] I took as mine.
[A] I [D] claimed it [A] as my own.
_ _ I followed [F#m] my ascending star [Bm] to far away [E] from home.
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Mesmerized by [C#m] shiny things.
[Bm] Now in frozen time [E] I stand.
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If [E] I had been a better [A] man.
_ _ _ _ _ Now I'm kneeling and [D] I'm digging deep, [E] deep [D] into [A] the ground. _ _ _
Searching for [F#m] my soul to keep [Bm] like a buried treasure [E] found.
_ [A] In dreams I speak [F#m] in ancient tongues, [Bm] lost in wind [E] and sand.
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If only [E] I had been a better [A] man.
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I had [D] [A] been a [E] better man. _
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If I [D] had [A] been a better man. _
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[A] If I had [D] [A] been a better man. _
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