If Children Had Wings(Chords)

	        
 



Intro: Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G  (2x) 

verse 1: 
                      C 
There's a love I hold dear  
       G                   Em 
And it shines through each year        
       Am                C/G           D/A  ~ ~ ~ 
And it makes things seem different somehow  
D/A      Em        C 
It's for better or worse  
         G          Em 
It's for people who thirst  
      Am              D              C   ~ ~ G 
For a love that burns brighter right now 



                     D            Em         Dm 
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone  
       C            G              Am              D   D/A-D/F# 
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song 
       Em          C          G          Em 
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye  
     Am            D           C ~ ~ G    
Everything will be fine by and by 



Instrumental: Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G 


verse 2: 
                            C 
There were things that were said  
           G                Em 
There were things that were done  
      Am          C/G            D/A  ~ ~ ~ 
And a wife cannot stand too much pain  
D/A      Em            C 
And what I thought was best  
         G               Em 
Couldn't please her much less  
       Am              D              C   ~ ~ G 
But my love still goes on, that won't change 


 
                     D            Em         Dm 
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone  
       C            G              Am              D   D/A-D/F# 
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song 
       Em          C          G          Em 
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye  
     Am            D           C ~ ~ G    
Everything will be fine by and by 

 
                     D            Em         Dm 
And it shines on and on, 'til all sadness is gone  
       C            G              Am              D   D/A-D/F# 
And if children had wings, I would sing them their song 
       Em          C          G          Em 
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye  
     Am            D           C ~ ~ G    
Everything will be fine by and by 



OUTRO: Em  Am  D  G  C  Am  D  G  (2x)
	        

Written by Gordon Lightfoot