If I Could Chords by Ray Charles

_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ If I could, _ _ _ _ [D] I'd protect [Dm] you from the sadness in your [Db] _
eyes
_ _ [Bbm] _ [C] Give you [Bbm] courage [E] in a [C] world [Cm] of compromise _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] [Eb] Yes I would, _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] if I could _
I _ [Bb] would [D] teach you [Bb]
all the things [Bbm] I never learned _
_ _ And I'd help you cross [Dbm] the [Bb] bridges that [Eb] I've burned _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Cm] [Ab] Yes I would, _ _
[Bb] [Cm] if I could
I _
_ [A] would try to shield [F] your innocence _ [Bb] from time
_ _ But _ [Gm] the part of [Eb] life I gave you [A] isn't mine
_ I [Eb] _
[E] watched you grow [D] _ _ so I [Gm] could _ let [D] you _
_ [Bb] _ go
_ _ If _ [Eb] I could, [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] I would help you _ make it through the hungry _ [Gm] years
[Bbm] But _ I know _ [Bb] that I could never _ [Eb] cry [Fm] your _ tears _ _
But I would, [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
if I _ _ could
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Yes, [Cm] if I live _ _ _ in [Eb] _
[A] a time and place [F] where you [Bb] don't want to be
_ You _
[Eb] don't have to walk along this [A] road with _ me
[Gm] My [Am] _
yesterday _ [D] _ _ won't [Gm] have to _ _ [D] be the _ _ old _ [Eb] way
[Bb] _ _ [F] _
[Bb] [F] If I knew, _ _ _ _ [C] I would try to change the world I [Cm] brought you to
_ [Eb] _ And [A] _ there isn't very [Bb] much that [Dm] [F] I could do _ _ _
[Gm] But [Bb] I [F] would, _ _ _ _ if [Bb] I [C] could _
[Bb] _ _ Oh baby, [F] _ _
[Am] daddy wants to protect [F] you
[Gm] And help my baby through the hungry [Bb] years
_ Cause you're a [C] part of me, [Bb] and if you ever, ever need
Set [Am] a shoulder to cry [G] over, [C] _ _
[Dm] or just someone to talk [Gm] to _
I'll be [F] there, I'll be there
[Bb] I didn't _ _ _ change _ _ [Am] the world _ _ _ _
[Gm] But I would, _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ if _ _ _ _ I _ could _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh [G] _ _ _ darling, _ _ [F] _
_ I love you baby _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _