Chords for If You Were a Stone

_ _ If you were a stone, _ _ then I'd be [Eb] the rain
_ _ And turn [Fm] you to sand _ as time slips [Db] away _ _
If you [Ab] were a tree, _ _ _ then I'd be [Eb] the earth
_ _ _ [Fm] Clutching your roots _ as you reach _ [Ab] skyward _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I am a metaphor _ [Eb] for all the things I couldn't _ say
[Fm] _ It's never easy, then it [Db] hurts _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Like scratching diamonds, I have [Eb] tried to find my way to you
_ [Fm] But we're both moving in [Db] reverse _
_ And _ _ [Ab] _ I wish that we could both [Eb] find
A simple way just to make it by
But [Fm] right now I'm alright if you're just [Db] _ fine
_ _ If you were [Ab] a stone, _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the _ rain
_ And turn you [Fm] to sand _ as time slips [Db] away _
_ If you were [Ab] a tree, _ _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the earth
_ _ _ Clutching [Fm] your roots _ as you reach [Db] skyward _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Some nights you're a photograph _ _ [Eb] fading in my memory
_ _ [Fm] _ And some days I feel you on [Db] my [Ab] skin
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ We trade in silence, there [Eb] are words that seem to steal our breath
[Fm] _ _
And I just dream about your [Ab] _ lips
_ _ _ _ _ And I wish that we could both [Eb] find
A simple way just to make it by
But [Fm] right now I'm alright if you're [Db] just fine
If _ [Ab] you were a stone, _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the _ rain
_ And turn [Fm] you to sand _ as time slips [Db] away _
_ _ If [Ab] you were a tree, _ _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the earth
_ _ _ Clutching [Fm] your _ roots as you reach [Db] skyward _
_ _ _ [Ab] We count the stars, _ _ my hands in [Eb] your leaves
_ And I'd [Fm] hold my breath _ until we both fell [Db] asleep _
_ _ If [Ab] you were a _ stone, _ then I'd [Eb] be the rain
_ And turn you [Fm] to sand _ as time [Db] slips away
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for
[Eb] I will wait, I will wait, I will wait [F] for
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait [Db] for you
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I will wait, I will wait, I will wait [Eb] for
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait [Fm] for
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait [Ab] for you
_ _ If you were a _ stone, _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the rain
_ And turn [Fm] you to sand as _ time [Db] slips away _
_ _ If you [Ab] were a tree, _ _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the _ earth
_ _ [Fm] Clutching your roots _ _ as you reach [Db] skyward _
_ If you [Ab] were a _ stone, _ _ then I'd [Eb] be the rain
_ And turn [Fm] you to sand _ as time [Db] slips away _
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