If I Wanted To
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#Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:05:54 -0500 (EST)
#From: "McIntyre, Derek Brandon"
#Subject: CHORD: IF I WANTED TO by MELISSA ETHERIDGE
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#Melissa Etheridge:
#If I Wanted To (From the "Yes I am" album)
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#Intro:
#(A) (D) x 4
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A D
If I wanted to I could do anything right
A D
I could dance with the devil on a Saturday night
A D
If I wanted to I could turn matches to gold
A F#m
Smoke drink swear and I would never grow old
D G D
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
A D
If I only wanted to
A D
If I only wanted to
A D
If I wanted to I could run fast as a train
A D
Be as sharp as a needle that's twisting your brain
A D
If I wanted to I could turn mountains to sand
A F#m
Have political leaders in the palm of my hand
D G D
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
A D
If I only wanted to
A D
If I only wanted to
F#m A Bm D F#m
I could leave tonight and I would be all right
A Bm E
Stop holding on if I wanted to, if I only wanted to...
(A) (D) x 4
A D
If I wanted to I could be as patient as death
F#m D
Fix this hole in my heart leaking into my flesh
F#m D
If I wanted to I could turn sparks into ice
A F#m
There'd never be another woman who could make you think twice
D G D
I wouldn't have to be in love with you
A D
If I only wanted to
(A) (D) Chords used:
If I only wanted to
EADGBE
(A) (D) x 8 then fade -----------
A 002220
Bm x24432
D x00232
E 022100
Derek McIntyre F#m 244222
derek@papa.uncp.edu G 320033