If You Were A Stone Chords
by Ron Pope
If You Were A Stone by Ron Pope is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D Em C (2x)
G D
If you were a stone then I'd be the rain
Em C
Turn you to sand as the time slips away
G D
If you were a tree then I'd be the earth
Em C
Clutching your roots as you reach skyward
Verse 1:
G D
I am a metaphor for all the things I couldn't say
Em C
It's never easy, then it hurts
G D
Like scratching diamonds I have tried to find my way to you
Em C
But we're both moving in reverse
Pre-Chorus:
G D
I wish that we could both find a simple way just to make it by
Em C
Right now I'm alright if you're just fine
Chorus
Verse 2:
Some nights you're a photograph fading in my memory
Some days I feel you on my skin
We're trading silence
There are words that seem to steal our breath
And I just dream about your lips
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Chorus 2:
G
We'd count the stars
D
My hands in your leaves
Em C
And I'd hold my breath 'til we both fell asleep
G D
If you were a stone then I'd be the rain,
Em C
Turn you to sand as the time slips away
Bridge:
G
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
D
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
Em C
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for you
G
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
D
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
Em C
I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for you
Chorus
Outro:
G D
If you were a stone then I'd be the rain,
Em C
Turn you to sand as the time slips away