Chords for REGINA BELLE honors MISS NANCY WILSON - SISTA / IF I COULD 1992

[B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Nancy, I know that _ [E] you're going to enjoy our next performer as much as she's going to enjoy singing for you.
After all, _ you're one of her mentors and she's here to thank you for paving the way.
Please welcome Miss Regina Bell. _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ Where [G] do I look _ _ _ [C] at, _ sister? _ _ _ _
In my _ [Bb] house, are you _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Cm] living?
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[A] We see you, _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ sister.
_ _ Have I got news for you, _ I'm [C] suffering. _ _ _ _ _
You'll think that you're [Bb] something, sister. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ I _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ can't protect you from the [Am] sadness in [Ab] your _ eyes.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Give you courage in a world of _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] conflict.
[Bb] Yes, I would, _ _ _ _ _ if I could. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I would teach you all the _ things [Ab] I've never learned. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] And I'd help you cross the _ _ bridges that I've learned.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Yes, I would. _ _ _
_ [Gm] If I could, _ _ _ [Em] I would try to shield your [C] innocence from [F] _ death. _ _
_ _ But the [Dm] part of my _ _
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pain, _ [A] is to watch you grow.
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[A] _ _ _ If [F] _ _ _
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_ I could, _ _ [F] I'd help you make it [Am] through the [Ab] hungry _ _ _ years.
_ But I [G]
know that I can _ never cry [Cm] your tears, _ babe.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ If [Bb] I _ _ _ could, _ _ I _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[Em] would try to [C] shield _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ you.
I gave you [Em] the reason _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[A] to watch you grow.
_ _ So [Dm] I can love [A] _ _ _ _
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you, baby.
[Bbm] _ _ I'd try to change the world, I'd [A] watch you do. _ _
_ _ [Ab] Now there isn't much _ more that [Dbm] I can do. _ _
_ _ [E] _ But I [Gb] would, _ _ if I [B] _ _ could.
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_ _ _ [Abm] If I could, _ _ in [Fm] a time _ _
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_ _ when [Ebm] you don't have to walk _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Abm] alone.
_ [Bb] You don't have to _ be _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
[Dm] alone.
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_ _ If I could, _ [Bbm] _
_ I'd help you make it through the [A]
hungry years.
_ _ _ But [Ab] I know that I can [Ebm] never _
[Dbm] cry your tears. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ If _ I [B] could. _ _ _ _ _
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