If I Had You Chords

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If I Had You by Joe Purdy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                   C          D               G 
I can say I knew you well, as well as anybody could 

     Em               C               D     D7 
I can say I knew you when we were young 

    G          C              D                 G 
And a long time ago, took your hand, pulled you close 

           Em        C                         D      D7 
You pulled away and blamed the cold and the time 



          C               G 
If I was young I would go back 

          C                G 
And pick you up against your will 

     C                D            G         C            G 
Take you with me everywhere that I go 

     C                G          
If I had you I'd give money  

       C                   G 
And all the love that you could hold 

        C               D 
And every morning we'd go dancing 

         C              G                  C               G 
If I had you I would be gold 


     G           C           D                    G 
They say not to dwell on the things that we can't have 

     Em                C           D      D7 
And to leave what's been done in the past 

        G              C 
But the memories come in 

   D            G 
And some get left behind 

        Em           C                    D        D7 
But the sun won't go away just 'cause you ask 


          C               G 
If I was young I would go back 

          C                G 
And pick you up against your will 

     C                D            G         C            G 
Take you with me everywhere that I go 

     C                G          
If I had you I'd give money  

       C                   G 
And all the love that you could hold 

        C               D 
And every morning we'd go dancing 

         C              G        
If I had you I would be gold 

          C               G              C            G 
If I had you I would be gold 



          C                G 
Still sometimes late at night 

          C                G 
In my dreams, I'll drift away 

Em                 C                  D            D7 
To the place I left alone for so many years 

          C                G 
And there you are, just like before 

          C                G 
And here I am just like today 

     Em              C                      D             D7 
As I wake up, I'll watch you off and disappear 



          C               G 
If I was young I would go back 

          C                G 
And pick you up against your will 

     C                D            G         C            G 
Take you with me everywhere that I go 

     C                G          
If I had you I'd give money  

       C                   G 
And all the love that you could hold 

        C               D 
And every morning we'd go dancing 

         C              G        
If I had you I would be gold 

          C               G              C            G 
If I had you I would be gold 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante