What If Chords

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What If by Frank Hamilton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, Am, G, Cm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 
        C           Dm                    C 
What if happy was a channel we could choose 
        F                                C 
What if music never made it past the blues 
        F                        C        Am 
What if God was just a bloke who drives a bus 
        C              G                   C 
What if you and me, we spoke and turned to us 

        C                F              C 
What if love was sold in shops upon the shelves 
          F                            C 
Politicians cared much less about themselves 
        F              C                   Am 
What if Adam tried and failed to get the girl 
        C                G             C 
What if mice are here to take over the world 

                              F 
There's a thing called life 

And it's killing me 
                          Am 
But there's nowhere else 
                 G 
I would rather be 
                     F 
So I'll lose myself 

In the melody 
                   Am   G 
Yeah, I'll lose myself 
                           C 
There's thing called life 

verse 2 
                      F                   C 
What if living in the past was made illegal 
                 F                           C 
If the world was square and everyone was equal 
        F            C                   Am 
What if radio played songs about our lives 
             C          G             C 
And television shone a light into our eyes 

Pre-Chorus 
          Cm        F                                          C  G 
'Cause I don't know where we went wrong but it's alright 
          F                                      C  G 
Just keep listening to the songs inside your mind 

                             F 
There's a thing called life 

And it's killing me 
                           Am 
But there's nowhere else 
                 G 
I would rather be 
                     F 
So I'll lose myself 

In the melody 
                  Am    G 
Yeah, I'll lose myself 
                           C 
There's thing called life 

Bridge 

There's a thing called life 
F 
What if dreams are our reality 

And reality's a dream 
C 
What if we're part of something bigger 

There's a script for every scene 
F 
And what if worry made you happy 

What if money made you sad 
Am 
What if tea and coffee got you stoned 
G 
And all the good guys they were bad 
F 
What if guns were made illegal 

What if weapons were just words 
C 
What if the animals could talk 

What if we flew up with the birds 
F 
'Cause I've been waiting by the window 

And I've been staring out the door 
Am                                     G 
And I still don't know what on earth we're here for 

                             F 
There's a thing called life 

And it's killing me 
                          C 
But there's nowhere else 
                 G 
I would rather be 
                     F 
So I'll lose myself 

In the melody 
                 Em Dm C G 
Yeah I'll lose myself 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante