What If, No Matter
Tom Paxton
Capo 5, in 6/8 time
| Chord Guide | |||
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32 1 C: x32010 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
213
D7: xx0212 |
123
A: x02220 |
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Strum: B D U D U D D U D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + w/swing feel
This video is identical to the pattern above except that it doesn't swing.
Intro: / C - - - - - / G - - - - - / D7 - - - - - / G - - - - - / x2
/ D7 - - - - - / G - - - - - /
Chorus:
C G D7 G
What if, no matter how
angry he was, How outraged he was, How furious he was,
C G D7
G
What if, no matter how angry he was, He couldn't lay hands on a gun,
D7 G
He couldn't lay hands on a gun?
C G
D7 G
What if, no matter how right he was, How wrong they were, How evil they were,
C G D7
G
What if, no matter how right he was, He couldn't lay
hands on a gun,
D7 G
He couldn't lay hands on a gun?
D7
G D7 G
No rifle, no pistol, No shotgun in sight, No revolver, automatic, No assault
gun tonight,
C
G A D7
No clips crammed with bullets Anywhere to be found, No weapons just laying around?
C G D7 G
What if, no matter how outraged he was, How furious he
was, How murderous he was,
C G D7
G
What if, no matter how outraged he was, He couldn't lay
hands on a gun,
D7 G
He couldn't lay hands on a gun.
D7 G
D7 G
If he dug through his pickup, The back seat, the trunk, The attic, the
basement, And piles of old junk,
C G A
D7
And came up empty-handed, Again and again, Tell me, what
would he do then?
Chorus
End on G