IF I WERE BRAVE Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs F = XX3211 C/E = XX2010 D7/F# = XX453X G = XX0003 <-- intro only / XX5433 G7sus/D = XX0011 C = X32010 INTRO: F, C/E, F, C/E, F, D7/F#, G F C/E G7sus/D C All the happy couples on their way to New Or-leans F G C/E F Re-minding me of when we got a-long F C/E G7sus/D C They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams F G F/E And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone F C/E G7sus/D C How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on F G F/E And still it is the same now I am older C/E G7sus/D C Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs F G C/E F And minding less and less if I am colder F C/E F C/E But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest F G C/E F And it spreads just like a fire inside my body F C/E F C/E Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh F G C/E F Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby? F C/E It was never clear what would come next G7sus/D C but that's the risk and that's the test F G C/E F And you were the only one so far to follow C/E G7sus/D C And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest F G F Or how long you sit alone before you G7sus/D F G stop looking back It's like you're waiting for Godot F G C And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and C/E F/E Go... F C/E F C/E And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess? F G C/E F And someone always answers like a martyr F C/E F C/E Is it something you should know, did you never do your best F G C/E F Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder F C/E G7sus/D C So now I ride the aught-one-thirty-five to New Orleans F G C/E F I float a mile above life's toil and trouble C/E G7sus/D C A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on F G C/E C/E A clown to entertain the happy couples