If I Had A Reason Chords by Rory Gallagher

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_ _ If I had [B] a reason [C#m] I'd tell you [F#] what it is
[E] Must I _ explain how [A] I feel?
_ [F#] _ _ I've [E] tried and I've [G#m] tried [C#m] to make it so [F#m]
clear
But [E] my time is just [B] wasted [E] out there
It _ _ _ is only [B] an old song [C#m] but it serves this [F#] purpose well
By [E] the cry in your voice I [A] can tell
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When [E] you sing there's a [G#m] feeling _
You [F#m] have the words
_ [E] That brings it _ [B] all back [E] again _
_ _ _ [B] I'm reaching, [A] I'm reaching
For [G#m] a new step or [B] way _
I'm searching for words I can see
_ _ _ _ I'm listening, I'm listening
[G#m] Try not to [B] hear
_ You say that [A] we might meet [C#m] someday
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] There's a picture [B] that's faded
[C#m] And curling from its [F#] frame
_ [E] Of a face that smiles [A] patiently
_ _ [F#] It _
_ [E] might [G#m] smile forever to [C#m] make me [F#m] feel better
But [E] I just [G#m] must [E] get it soon _
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Oh, [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] I'm reaching, I'm [A] reaching
_ [G#m] While you slip [B] away
_ I'm searching for words I can see
_ I'm _ _ listening, I'm [A] listening
_ _ [G#m] Try not [B] to hear
_ You say that [A] we might meet [C#m] _ someday
_ [B] _ _
[E] Those answers [B] to questions [C#m] that we both [F#] want to know
But [E] those answers keep on fading [A] _ me
[F#] _
_ [E] There's rights and there's [G#m] reasons
[C#m] There's rights [F#m] and there's wrongs
[E] For being what [B] you are to [E] me
_ _ _ If I had [B] a reason, _ [C#m] I'd tell you what it [F#] _
is
[E] Would you do the same thing [A] for me?
_ [F#] _ _ Cause [E] the minute you [G#m] go
_ [C#m] There's one thing I [F#m]
know
[E] That the day will [C#m] mean nothing [E] for me _ _ _ _ _
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