If We Try Chords
by Don McLean
If We Try by Don McLean is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Amaj7, A6, Em, D, G, Bm7, Am7, D7, F7, E7, Gm, C7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
When I see you on the street
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
I lose my concentration
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Just the thought that we might meet
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Creates anticipation
Em D
Won't you look my way, once before you go
G Bm7
And my eyes will say, what you ought to know
Am7 D7
Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night
Am7 D7
And I don't know if it'll work out right
Am7 D7 G F7 E7
But somehow I think that it just might, if we try
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Faces come and faces go
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
In circular rotation
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
But something yearns within to grow
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Beyond infatuation
Em D
Won't you look my way, once before you go
G Bm7
And my eyes will say, what you ought to know
Am7 D7
Well you've got me standin' deaf and blind
Am7 D7
Cause I see love as just a state of mind
Am7 D7 G
And who knows what it is that we might find, if we try
Gm C7
You're walking a different direction from
Gm C7
Most people I've met
Am7 D7
You're givin' me signs of affection I
Am7 D7
Don't usually get
Em Bm7
I don't want you to pledge your future
Am7 D7 G
The future's not yours to give
Em Bm7
Just stand there a little longer
C Am7 F7 E7
And let me watch while you live
Instrumental
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Cause, when I see you on the street
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
I lose my concentration
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
And just the thought that we might meet
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7
Creates anticipation
Em D
Won't she looks my way, once before you go
G Bm7
And my eyes will say, what she ought to know
Am7 D7
Well I've been thinkin' about you day and night
Am7 D7
And I don't know if it'll work out right
Am7 D7 G F7 E7
But somehow I think that it just might, if we try
Am7 D7 G F7 E7
Somehow I think that it just might, if we try
Am7 D7 G
Yes, somehow I think that it just might, if we try...