If I Could Chords by Barbra Streisand

_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ If [Bb] I could, I'd [Dm] protect you [F] from the sadness [Bb] in your eyes
[G] Give you courage in a [Gm] world of [Eb] compromise
_ _ Yes I would, [F] _ [Bb] if I could
I _
[Am] would teach you all the things [Fm] I've never [Fm] learned
And [G] I'd help you cross the bridges [C] that I've burned
Yes I [D] would, [Gm] if I could
I [D] would try to [C] shield your innocence from time
[Dm] But the part of [Bb] life I gave you [E] isn't [Gm] mine
I've watched you [A] grow, [Dm] so I could [A] let you [F] go
[C] _ _ [Bb] If I could, _
[F] I would help [Am] you make it through [Ab] the hungry years
[C] But I know that [G] I can never [Cm] cry your tears
But I [F] would, [Bb] if I could _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
In a time and [C] place where you [F] wanna be
[Bb] You don't have to walk along this [E] road with me
[Gm] My yesterday [A] _ [Dm] won't have to [A] be your [Cm] way
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [B] _
If I knew [E] I'd have tried to change the world I'd [Ab] brought you to
[Abm] And [Gbm] there isn't very [Ab] much that [Db] I can do
[B] But I would, [Gb] if [B] I [Dbm] could
[Bbm] I _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ [B] would try to shield you [Gb] from time
_ [Ebm] But the part of life _ [B] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] I gave you isn't mine
I've watched you grow, so [Ebm] I could let [Bb] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
you [Bb] go
If I could, _ _ [F] I would help you make it [Am] through those [Bb] hungry [Fm] years
[G] But I know that I can never [Gm] change
_ [Eb] But I [D] would, [Gm] if I [Ebm] could _ _
[Gbm] Yes I [Bb] would, [G] _ [Gm] yes I [Cm] would
_ [F] _ If I could _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _