If I Sing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]My[A][Em][D][A][D][A][F#m]
father's [C#m]pride was in his hands,
[E]the[D] piano was his soul.[C#sus4][C#]
[F#m]I watched him wonder
[A]as he played show [D]tunes,
miles off from rock and [C#sus4]roll.[C#]
[D]What he loved he tau[C#m]ght me,
[Em]now music's what[Baug] I do.[B]
An[D]d sometimes when I[E]'m writing in my h[D]ands,
Dad's there [C]too.
If [Em]I sing, [Dm]you are t[Bdim]he mu si[A]c.
If I [Dm]fly, you're why [A]I'm good
If [Em]my hands can find some [D]ma gic,
you're the [F#m]one wh[B]o sa[Ebdim]id they co[Baug]uld
[Dm]If t[D]he child[F#] who's still inside [B]me
find[F#]s a song in [C#]empty air,[C#m]
[Eb]if there i[D]s joy in m[A]aking mu[D]sic,
[A]it [D]is you [Ebdim]who put i[D]t th[E]ere[A].
[F#m]My dad grew old,
[E]his hands grew numb,
[D]and now he cannot [C#sus4]play.
[C#]I came[F#m] to vi[E]sit, he sa[C#m]t and asked [E]me,
[D]how can it be this [C#sus4]way?[C#]
[D]I couldn't find a[C#m]n answer,
I [C]played [Em]this tune for him [B]instead.
[D]My father sat there smil[E]ing,
for he [D]knew what it [C]said.[Em][C]
[Em]If I[A] sing,[Em] you a[D]re the[Dm] musi[A]c.
If [D]I l[E]ove, y[D]ou [Dm]showed me h[A]ow
Every day your heart is beat[D]ing
[F#m]In the[A] man tha[B]t I am now[Baug]
[D]If [E]my [F#m]ears are attuned to wonder
[F#sus4]If when I [F#]reach the chords a[C#]re there,[C#m]
[Eb]if there i[D]s joy in[F#m] making mu[D] sic,
it's a joy [Ebdim]that we b[D]oth[E] shar[Bb]e.
[Ebm]I never told you,[Bb]
it took [Ebm]time till I could s[Gm]ee,
that [Eb]if I sing, [Bb]you are the [Csus4]mu sic, a[Bb]nd
You'll [Eb]always [Edim]sing in[Bb][B]
[Ebdim]me[Gm][Dm][Bb]
Yes, you'll [Eb]always [Edim]live
[Bb]in m[D]e[Bb][Bb]
[Bb]Thank you. Thank you. Thank