If Only Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays535

If Only by Saw Doctors is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			GIf only, D if only C  / C C/ D D/ G 
 
GSaw New York standing D black and white. C 
From Goethal's in the G distance 
G Haze plays on D lights at night C 
If I could watch and D dream to-G-night 
GIf only, D if only C 
If only I G could D tell her G so 
GIf only, D if only C 
If only I could D tell her so G 
Went to see her days ago 
Told her that I'd see her soon 
On her block - she's flamingo 
If only I could tell her so 
 
Chorus 
 
G As I watched the moon for hours 
Watched it slowly fade away 
Till my D dreams turn into flowers 
If only C I could D tell her G so 
 
Chorus 
 
Left the place that sings to me 
Some day I'll stay and call it home 
Sign reads no vacancy 
But the whispers keep on calling me 
 
Chorus and fade 
  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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100 BPM Andante