What If Chords
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.
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