If She Were You Chords
by John Prine
If She Were You by John Prine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, B7, C, D, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G B7
C D G
Verse
G B7
Well, every time I try to love another
C D G D
I never know exactly what to do
G B7
I'd like to tell her just how much I want her
C D G
And I could find the way if she were you
Verse
G B7
Her eyes may shine for me and not another,
C D G D
Her lonely arms reach out to hold me too
G B7
She wants to take your place and be my lover
C D G
And I could make her mine if she were you
D G
I never knew how much I cared about you
A7 D D7
Till your memory made me a lovesick fool
G B7
When she speaks to me I hear your sweet voice calling
C D G D
When I close my eyes your face comes into view
G B7
I remember how it hurt when I was falling
C D G
And I could fall again if she were you
Instrumental
G B7
C D G D
G B7
C D G
D G
I never knew how much I cared about you
A7 D D7
Till your memory made me a lovesick fool
G B7
She wants to take your place and be my lover
C D G
And I could make her mine if she were you
C D G D G
Yes, I could make her mine if she were you