If She Were You chords

John Prine

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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