What If I Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays554

What If I by Hartmann is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, Bb and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: C Dm C F / C Bb F 

C                 Dm            C            F 
Driving home from work another day from 9 to 5 another 
C                Bb              F 
Traffic jam will soon be killing me 
    C               Dm 
The telephone keeps ringing wild while 
  C                F 
I try to find some peace and silence 
C         Bb                 F 
I imagine what my life could be 

C   Dm C            F 
Why do I don't open up my mouth and 
D 
Tell them what I fell inside 
F 
It's time to free my mind 

C            Dm             C 
   What if I run, What if I hide 
          F                  C 
What if I leave this world behind 
        Bb              F 
Before another day goes by 
What if I? 
C            Dm                   C 
   What if I think, what would I choose 
             F                C 
If there is nothing left to lose 
                 Bb                F 
This life's too short to waste my time 
until the day I die. 

  C                Dm 
I tell myself I'm strong enough 
     C                F 
And tough enough to bear this cross 
C              Bb                 F 
Hoping that by hurting back won't break 
       C               Dm 
But as soon as I start thinking about 
    C                  F 
The sense of life I'm sure it's not my 
C          Bb           F 
Destiny to make my body ache 

C   Dm C                  F 
Why do I don't break this chains that bind me 
    D 
and do just what I need to 
         F 
They can tell that I'm a fool 

C            Dm             C 
   What if I run, What if I hide 
          F                  C 
What if I leave this world behind 
        Bb              F 
Before another day goes by 
What if I? 
C            Dm                   C 
   What if I think, what would I choose 
             F                C 
If there is nothing left to lose 
                 Bb                F 
This life's too short to waste my time 
until the day I die. 
    	

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