If You Were A Sailboat Chords
by Katie Melua
If You Were A Sailboat by Katie Melua is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, A, E, F#m and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
1.
C#m A
If you were a cowboy I would trail you,
C#m A E
If you were a piece of wood I’d nail you to the floor.
F#m B E
If you were a sailboat I would sail you to the shore.
2.
C#m A
If you were a river I would swim you,
C#m A E
If you were a house I would live in you all my days.
F#m B E
If you were a preacher I’d begin to change my ways.
Ref.:
C#m A
Sometimes I believe in fate,
B
But the chances we create,
A
Always seem to ring more true.
F#m B
You took a chance on loving me,
E
I took a chance on loving you.
3.
C#m A
If I was in jail I know you’d spring me,
C#m A E
If I was a telephone you’d ring me all day long.
F#m B E
If I was in pain I know you’d sing me soothing songs.
Ref.: Sometimes I believe in fate,
But the chances we create,
Always seem to ring more true.
You took a chance on loving me,
I took a chance on loving you.
4.
C#m A
If I was hungry you would feed me,
C#m A E
If I was in darkness you would lead me to the light.
F#m B E
If I was a book I know you’d read me every night.
Repeating 1. and End
C#m A
If you were a cowboy I would trail you,
C#m A E
If you were a piece of wood I’d nail you to the floor.
F#m B E
If you were sailboat I would sail you to the shore.
F#m B E
If you were sailboat I would sail you to the shore.
I think these chords are right but I can not insure than.