If Ever I Stray Chords

Frank Turner - If Ever I Stray
 
G/C - 330033
 
[Verse 1]
Tab (Can be used throughout the song)
Chords Shapes G, Cadd9, D, Am, C
 
e|--------------------------------------|
B|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3----|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h2-0-0-0----|
D|---0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-0---0-2-0----|
A|---0-2-0-0-0-2-0-3-3-3---------3-3----|
E|-3------------------------------------|
 
 
e|----2----3----2----0----0----0----|
B|----3----3----3----1----1----1----|
G|----2----2----2----2----2----0----|   < Number of plectrum strokes not shown
D|----0----0----0----2----0----2----|
A|-------------------0----2----3----|
E|----------------------------------|
 
[Verse]
G
Forgive me someone, for I have sinned
      Cadd9
And I know not where I should begin
    D
And some days it feels like you just can't win
   Am                     C
No matter what you do or say.
 
G
Things didn't kill me but I don't feel stronger
Cadd9
Life is short but it feels much longer
            D
When you've lost that fight, yeah you've lost that hunger
   Am                         C
To pull yourself through the day.
 
[Chorus]
      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
C
Take me down to the English Channel
D
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am         G/B     C
And then drag me on back to shore!
 
     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
       C
But as long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more
 
D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4
 
G
 
[Verse]
         G
So we've all got secrets that we hold inside
    Cadd9
Yeah the worst little things that you never confide
     D
The worst one of all that you just can't hide
               Am                           C
Is that you're never quite as strong as you sound
 
G
So I'm sorry baby, for the times I've hurt you
Cadd9
Sorry friends, for the times I desert you
D
Most days it feels like I don't deserve you
      Am                             C
And I wonder that you're all still around
 
[Chorus]
      G
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
C
Take me down to the English Channel
D
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am         G/B     C
And then drag me on back to shore!
 
     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
       C
But as long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more
 
D
Come on everybody sing it 1, 2, 3, 4
 
G
 
[Bridge]
                           D
Come on and join me in the water
 
Swim for hope
                       C
Sometimes it's hard to remember
                  C           D
I couldn't do this on my own
 
[Chorus]
N.C.
But if ever I stray from the path I follow
N.C.
Take me down to the English Channel
N.C.
Throw me in where the water is shallow
         Am         G/B     C      D
And then drag me on back to shore!
 
     G
'Cos love is free and life is cheap
   C
As long as I've got me a place to sleep
D
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
  Am            G/B      C
I can't ask for anything more
Am            G/B      C
Can't ask for anything more
Am         G/B     C      D
 
[Outro]
G
The path I chose isn't straight and narrow
Cadd9
It wanders 'round like a drunken fellow
     D
Some days it's hard for me to follow
               Am    G/B          C
But if you've got my back I'll go on.
   D                            G
If you've got my back I'll go on.
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