These are the chords for If I Were A Song by Lloyd Cole on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7/C C
What if I was just a song?
Dm Am
Words on a page to sing - a song
C G
What if my essence was pure
Am E7
Pure mathematics no more
E7 Fmaj7/C
Than a romance from a store?
Fmaj7/C C
Would you still cry when I played,
E7 Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to me for
Am Am/G Am/F#
the pain, hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
D7 E7
If I were just a song?
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7/C C/G
Could a song, just a song break
you down?
Dm
Could a song make you want to
Am
go paint the whole town?
C
Could your world turn
G
around on a phrase?
Am E7
Could an interval really be more
E7 Fmaj7/C
Than the space between us?
Fmaj7/C C
Would you still dance when I played,
E7 Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to me when
Am Am/G Am/F#
the nights - grow long
D7 E7
If I were just a song?
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[Verse 3]
Fmaj7/C
But of course, of course
C
I\'m more than just a song
Dm Am
Baby, I\'m something to be - a song
C G
And wasn\'t it you all along?
Am E7
Wasn\'t I there just to be
E7 Fmaj7/C
Your beleaguered go-between
Fmaj7/C C
There isn\'t a mountain too tall
E7 Fmaj7/C
- mmmm, not for me
Fmaj7/C Am
There isn\'t a river too deep
Am/G Am/F#
- not for me
D7 E7
I\'m more than just a song
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[Break]
Fmaj7/C C
La la la la, la la la
Dm Am
La la la la la la la, la la la
C G
La la la la la la la, la la la
Am E7
La la la la la la la,
Fmaj7/C
la la la, la la la
[Outro]
Fmaj7/C C
Would you still cry when I played,
E7 Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to
Am Am/G Am/F#
me for the pain
D7 E7
If I were just a song?