Gordon Lightfoot - If Children Had Wings
## NOTE 1: ~ ~ ~ = Combined Walk-Down/Walk-Up from D/A back to D/A ##
## NOTE 2: ~ ~ = Walk-Down from C to G ##
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] Em Am D G C Am D G (2x)
[VERSE 1:]
C
There's a love I hold dear
G Em
And it shines through each year
Am C/G D/A ~ ~ ~
And it makes things seem different somehow
D/A Em C
It's for better or worse
G Em
It's for people who thirst
Am D C ~ ~ G
For a love that burns brighter right now
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone
C G Am D D/A-D/F#
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song
Em C G Em
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye
Am D C ~ ~ G
Everything will be fine by and by
[INSTRUMENTAL:] Em Am D G C Am D G
[VERSE 2:]
C
There were things that were said
G Em
There were things that were done
Am C/G D/A ~ ~ ~
And a wife cannot stand too much pain
D/A Em C
And what I thought was best
G Em
Couldn't please her much less
Am D C ~ ~ G
But my love still goes on, that won't change
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone
C G Am D D/A-D/F#
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song
Em C G Em
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye
Am D C ~ ~ G
Everything will be fine by and by
[CHORUS:]
D Em Dm
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone
C G Am D D/A-D/F#
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song
Em C G Em
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye
Am D C ~ ~ G
Everything will be fine by and by
[OUTRO:] Em Am D G C Am D G (2x)
