Chords for If I Only Had a Brain / Heart / Nerve [The Wizard of Oz] - Devan

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[Gm] _ _ [C] [E] I [Dm] could while away the hours [Bb] conferring with the flowers, consulting with [C] the rain.
[F] _ _ And [Bb] my head I'd be scratching [F] while my thoughts were [Ebm] busy [E] hatching if I only [A] had a brain.
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] I'd unravel every riddle [Gm] for any individual in trouble [F] or in pain.
_ _ With the thoughts [Bb] I'd be thinking I [C] could be [Bb] another [Ebm] Lincoln [E] if [F] I [Dm] only had a brain.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] Oh, [Ab] I could tell [Am] you [D] why [Gm] the [Cm] ocean's near [C] the shore.
_ [Dm] I [Gm] could think of things [A] I never thought [Dm] before.
_ [G] And then I'd sit _ and think [Cm] some more.
[C] I would not [D] be just a nothing, [F]
[Gm] my head all full of stuffing, my heart all full [Am] of pain.
[F] _ _ I would [Bb] dance and be merry, life [C] would be [Bb] a ding [Ebm]-a [Bb]-derry if [Am] I [F] only had a [Gm] brain.
_ [C] _ When [F] a man's an empty kettle, [Gm]
he should be on his metal, [C] and yet I'm torn [F] apart.
_ _ [C] Just [Gm] because I'm presuming that [C] I could [Bb] be [Ebm] kinder [C] human if [F] I [Bb] only [F] had a [G]
heart.
_ [C] _ [F] I'd be [Dm] tender, I'd be gentle, and awful sentimental _ [C] regarding love and art.
[F] _ _ [C] I'd be friends [Gm] with the sparrows and [C] the boy [Bb] that shoots [Ebm] the [F] arrows if I [Bb] only [F] had a heart.
_ _ _ [Bb] Picture [F] me, a [Am] balcony, _ [D] _ _ [Bb] above [Eb] a [E] voice [C] sings [Bb] low,
_ _ [A] Wherefore art [Dm] thou Romeo?
I hear [G] a beat, _ how [Cm] sweet, [C] just [F] to [Dm] register emotion, jealousy, devotion, [C] and really feel the [F] part.
_ [C] I could [Gm] stay young and chipper, [C] and I'd lock [Bb] it with [C] a [Am] zipper if I only [Dm] had a _ heart.
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[B] _ _ [F] She had said, [Ebm] believe me, [Gb] missy, [Abm] when you're born to [B] be a sissy, without the [Bbm] feminine five.
[Gb] _ But I could [B] change my habits [Gb] nevermore, be scared [Em] of [Db] rabbits if [Gb] I only had the [Ab] nerve.
_ _ [Db] _ I'm [Ebm] afraid there's no [Gb] denying, [B] I'm just a dandy lion, a fate I [Db] don't deserve.
[Gb] _ _ But I could, [B] show my prowess, be [Db] a [Gb] lion, not [Db] a mouse, if [Gb] I only had the nerve.
[B] _ _ Oh, _ [A] I'd be in [Bbm] my _ [Eb] stride, [Abm] a king [Dbm] down [Db] to the core.
[Gb] [Abm] I would roar the way [Bb] I'd never roared [Ebm] before.
[Ab] And then I'd woof, _ and [Dbm] roar some [Gb] more.
I would [Ebm] show the dinosaurs, who's king [B] around the forest, a king they'd [Bbm] better [Gb] save.
_ Why, [Abm] with my regal beaser, I [Db] could be another Caesar [N] if I only had the [Gb] nerve.
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