If Chords

by Bread
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author Pencom [a] 30,875. Last edit on Jul 8, 2024
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Chords

A
A7
Dm
E
D
F#m
C#m
Bm
F#
G
G7
C
Cm
Em
Am

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If chords
Bread   1971 *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_(Bread_song)
 
A A7 A Dm A Dm E
 
     A                A7
If a picture paints a thousand words,
     A         A7      D
then why can't I paint you?
    Dm               A         Dm               E
The words will never show, the you I've come to know.
 
     A                   A7
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
     A        A7   D
then where am I to go?
        Dm              A
There's no one home but you,
       Dm                 E
you're all that's left me too.
 
    F#m     C#m      F#m             Bm
And when my love for life is running dry,
    C#m      F#       Bm      E
you come and pour yourself on me.
 
     A                A7             A
If a man could be two places, at one time,
    A7      D
I'd be with you.
Dm             A      Dm               E
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
 
       A                   A7       A        A7             D
If the world should stop revolving, spinning slowly down to die
    Dm                 A
I'd spend the end with you,
    Dm                 E
and when the world was through
 
     F#m    C#m      F#m                Bm
Then one by one, the stars would all go out,
     C#m     F#      Bm         E A
then you and I would simply fly a way
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
A   = G
A7  = G7
D   = C
Dm  = Cm
E   = D
F#m = Em
C#m = Bm
Bm  = Am
F#  = E
 
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14 comments
thedealio
Lack of accuracy. The whole "A to A7 to A to A7" thing doesn't really work. The intro is actually A, Amaj9, A9, Bmin7/A, Bmin7b5/A, A, Bmin7b5/D, E7.
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thecitychicke1
Care to add the little last 4 chord outtro? : D
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jbadolini1
Lots of wrong chords.
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