If I Had My Way Chords

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If I Had My Way by Willie Nelson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E7, A, F#7, B7, C#7, D, Bm and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			E7 A            F#7                B7             E7 
If    I had my way dear, forever there?d be. 
 
    A             F#7        B7              E7 
A garden of roses for you and for me.	 
 
    A                    C#7                   D          A 
A thousand and one things dear I would do. 
 
            B7               E7 
Just for you, just for you. 
 
 
   A           F#7                   B7             E7  
If I had my way dear we?d never grow old. 
 
        A                 C#7            D         F#7       Bm 
And sunshine I?d bring every day.	 
 
                  D           C#               D                F#7 
You would reign all alone, like a queen on a throne. 
 
     B7   E7  A  
If I had  my  way.   
 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante