If I Told You Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays556

If I Told You by Darius Rucker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro G D Em C 

Verse 

 G 
What if I told you about my little nothing town 
 D 
The two room house where I came from 
 Em 
The man that I got my name from 
 C 
I don't even know where he is now 

 G 
What if I told you sometimes I lose my faith 
 D 
I wonder why someone like you would even talk to me 
 Em 
What if I told you there's no fixing me 
 C 
Cause everybody's already tried 

Pre-Chorus 

       G 
Would you stay? 
       D 
Would you leave? 
   Em 
I could wait 
             C 
It'll all come out eventually  

     G                       D 
If I told you all the stupid things I've done 
                Em 
I've blamed on being young 
           C 
But I was old enough to know I know 
     G                             D 
If I told you the mess that I can be 
D                               Em 
When there's no one there to see 
Em                           C 
Could you look the other way? 
C                        G D Em C 
Could you love me anyway?  

Verse 

 G 
What if I told you I don't plan on staying here 
 D 
My dreams are a million miles away 
 Em 
And I know your family's gonna want you to stay 
      C 
You know what I don't blame 'em 

Pre-Chorus 

    G 
So I'll say 
             D 
What I don't want to 
              Em 
And I'll just pray 
              C 
You want what I do 

     G                        D 
If I told you all the stupid things I've done 
                Em 
I've blamed on being young 
           C 
But I was old enough to know I know 
     G                             D 
If I told you the mess that I can be 
D                               Em 
When there's no one there to see 
Em                           C 
Could you look the other way? 
C                        G   D 
Could you love me anyway? 
D                        Em  C 
Could you love me anyway? 

Bridge 

G 
So before we go any further here 
D 
Let a week turn into another year 
       Em 
There's some things you probably don't wanna hear 
       C 
But you have to  

     G                        D 
If I told you sometimes I get jealous 
D                  Em 
Sometimes I'm half crazy 
                   C 
Would you say the hell with me, the hell with me 
     G                           D 
If I told you I barely know what love is 
D                        Em
But girl if that's what this is 
Em               C 
I don't want to let it slip away 
C         G 
No, no, no 

Outro 

G                       D 
Could you love me anyway? 
D      Em 
Please 
Em                       C 
Could you love me anyway? 
G                        D    Em 
Could you love me anyway?  
Em                       C    G 
Could you love me anyway? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante