Chords for Midge Ure - If I Was- BBC4 SongBook.mpg

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If I was _ _ _ _ [C]
a better man, _ _ _ _ [F] would fellow men _ _ _ _
[Eb] take me to their hearts? _ _
[Bb] _ If I was _ _ _
[C] a stronger man, _ _ _
_ [F] carrying the weight of popular demand,
[Eb] tell me would that alarm her? _
_ [Gm] I'd never harm her _
_ [F] at all. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Bb] If I was _ [Eb] a soldier, _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ captive _ _ arms I'd [Eb] lay before her. _
_ [Bb] _ If I _ was [Eb] a _ _ sailor, _
_ _ [F] _ seven _ _ _ oceans [Eb] I'd sail to her.
_ [G] _ [Bb] If I was _ _ _ [C] a wiser man, _ _ _ [F] would other _ men _
_ _ [Eb] reach out and touch me?
_ _ [Bb] If I was _
_ _ [C] a kinder man, _
_ _ [F] fishing up love for a hungry world,
[Eb] tell me would that appease you?
_ _ [Gm] Cause I want to please you _ [F] _ again. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ If I _ was [Eb] a poet, _ _ _
_ _ [F] all my love in burning words [Eb] I would show it. _
_ [Bb] _ _ If I _ was [Eb] a painter, _ _ _ _ [F] I'd paint a world that [Eb] could not taint her.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Oh come here my [C] baby, _ _ _ oh they can't touch you [F] now.
_ _ I'll keep you safe and [Eb] warm, _ _ I'll never leave [Bb] you at all.
_ Come here my [Cm] baby, _ _ oh they can't touch [F] you.
Giving up love for a hungry world, [Eb] tell me would that appease you?
_ [Gm] Oh I want to please you _ [F] _ again. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ If I _ was her [Eb] leader, _ _ _ _ _ [F] on food of love from above [Eb] I would feed her. _
_ [Bb] _ If I was her [Eb] lover, _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] her eyes _ and kisses [C] [Eb] I would cover. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _