If I Could Be There Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays492

If I Could Be There by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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  			C                                        F          C 
If I could be there I'd be there tonight comforting you 
  
C                               F       C 
This road I'm on is so far away too far away 
  
C                     F        C       F          C 
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by 

C                                        F          C 
If I could be there I'd be there tonight comforting you 


        
C                                             F          C 
If I could be there I'd look in your eyes and say I love you 
  
C                                       F       C 
These hills and highways between us now keep us apart 
  
   F         C        F        C       F          C 
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by 
  
C                                             F          C 
If I could be there I'd look in your eyes and say I love you 



C                                        F          C 
If I could be there I wouldn't have this pain in my heart 
  
C                                          F           C 
Tomorrow I'll wake up with joy for the day joy for the day 
  
   F         C        F        C       F          C 
If God would grant me wings to fly I'd be in your arms by and by 

                                         F          C 
If I could be there I wouldn't have this pain in my heart 

   F          C 
If I could be there 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante