If I Were The Man Chords
If I Were The Man by Jimmie Rodgers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: D C D C
Verse: 1
D
If I were the man I used to be I wouldn't stand here
C D
Waiting for you; I'd just walk away,
C D
Quietly, would you go look for me?
D
Hands that hold one another may never
C D
Touch the same again even then
C D
If I were the man it never would have been losing you
Bm A D
If I were the man;
Verse: 2
D
Take the times that we ever shared together and wrap them all in little
C D
Rings of clay and roll the rings away,
C D
Away from me you take the light of day;
D
Winds that softly blow the thought of losing you
C D
Across my mind, and leave behind
C D
In the shifting sands all my dreams and plans
Bm A D
If I were the man,
OUTRO
D
If I were the man I used to be I wouldn't stand here
C D
Waiting for you I'd just walk away
C D C D C D
Quietly would you go look for me?