Verse
[D]
If I could
[F#m] [Am]
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes
[B7] [Em]
Give you courage in a world of compromise
[A]
Yes, I would
[D]
If I could
[F#m] [Am]
I would teach you all the things I've never learned
[B7] [Em]
And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've burned
[A]
Yes, I would
Chorus
[Bm]
If I could
[E] [A] [Amaj]
I would try to shield your innocence from time
[F#m] [G#m7]
But the part of life I gave you isn't mine
[C#7] [F#m] [F#mmaj7] [F#m7] [A7]
I've watched you grow, so I could let - you - go
Verse
[D]
If I could
[F#m] [Am]
I would help you make it through the hungry years
[B7] [Em]
But I know that I could never dry your tears
[A]
But I would
[D]
If I could
Chorus
[Bm]
Yes, If I live
[E] [A] [Amaj]
In a time and place where you don't want to be
[F#m] [G#m7]
You don't have to walk along this road with me
[C#7] [F#m] [F#mmaj7] [F#m7] [B7]
My yesterday won't have to be - your - way
Verse
[E]
If I knew
[G#m] [Bm]
I would try to change the world I brought you to
[C#7] [F#m]
And there isn't very much that I could do
[B]
But I would
[Amaj]
If I could
Oh baby
[G#m7]
Daddy wants to protect you
[F#m7] [B]
And help my baby through the hungriest
Cos you're part of me
[Amaj]
And if you ever ever need
[G#m7]
Said a shoulder to cry on
[F#m7]
Or just someone to talk to
[B]
I'll be there, I'll be there
[Amaj] [G#m7]
I didn't change your world
[F#m7] [B]
But I would
[E]
If I could
