"If" by Bread

 "If" by Bread

4/4 Moderato            "-" count as 16th note length

Intro:

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Lead-in I:                              Lead-in II:

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Play:

*Intro/Lead-in I no lyrics

*Intro/Lead-in II TWICE w/ lyrics:

        If a picture paints a thousand words,

        Then why can't I paint you?

        The words will never show

        The you I've come to know.

        If a face could launch a thousand ships,

        Then where am I to go?

        There's no one home but you,

        You're all thats left me to.  <---thats a guess on the lyrics folks!

Chorus:

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|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|   / Lead-in I \

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                  ^this^is^easiest^

                   by barring the

                   2nd fret

Play:

*Chorus/Lead-in I w/lyrics:

        And when my love for life is running dry,

        You'll come and pour yourself on me.

Play:

*Intro/Lead-in II w/ lyrics:

        If a man could be two places at one time

        I'd be with you,

        Tomorrow and today,

        Beside you all the way.

        If the world should stop revolving

        Spinning slowly down to die,

        I'd spend the end with you,

        And when the world was through,

Play:

*Chorus/Ending (Instead of Lead-in I) w/ Lyrics:

        Then one by one,

        The stars would all go out,

        Then you and I,

        Would simply

Ending:                                \slowing down ............../

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"fly...........a--way.............................................."

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Enjoy!

-Mike Gray, USU student