If I Had My Way chords

Vince Gill

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro 
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      A 
Oh if I had my way 
           D 
We'd love one another 
       A 
And if I had my way 
            D 
We'd all live as brothers 

Bm                  E 
 There'd be no more fussing and fighting 
Bm               E 
 No more hungry innocent dying 
Bm                   E 
 I'd make it all go away 
            A(begin break) 
If I had my way 

Instrumental 
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   A 
If I had my way 
           D 
I'd carry your burden 
       A 
And if I had my way 
            D 
No one would be hurtin' 

Bm                  E 
 There'd be no more hatred and lying 
Bm              E 
 No more lonely little kids crying 
Bm                   E 
 I'd make it all go away 
           A 
If I had my way 

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F#m    E           D 
Maybe one day the walls will come down 

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B|---------------| 
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F#m       E          D              A 
If I had my way the lost would be found 

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B|-5/7/5-2-| 
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A|---------| 
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 F#m         E           D                        E 
Love would find a way to turn everything around 

  Solo 
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Bm                  E 
 There'd be no more fussing and fighting 
Bm                  E 
 No more frightened little kids crying 
Bm                   E 
 I'd make it all go away 
            A 
If I had my way 

  Outro 
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