If We Knew Chords

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[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[Dm]There

[Verse 1]
was [F]boy 'bout [Am]two years old
That's [Dm]much too young
[Am]too see what would unfold
His [Dm]dad so b[F]old, so [Am]full of lies
Caught [Dm]up in things th[Am]at
would take his life

[Verse 2]
He'd [Dm]leave behind old [Am]words unsaid
[Dm]His loved ones left to
[Am]deal with [C]it
When his boy got [Em]older with less
[Am]than enough [Dm]guid[F]ance
Needed more [Am]as suran[F]ce,
a [Dm]little strength [Am]and courage

[Verse 3]
But [F]if he [Em]knew what [Dm]he knows now
He may be with us still
[F]If he kne[Em]w what he [Am]knows[Dm] now, oh
[Am]There

[Verse 4]
[Dm]was girl 'bout t[Am]hree years old
To [Dm]laugh and play [F]should have
[Am]been what [C]goes
[Am]Her fami[Dm]ly moved[F] from plac[Am]e to place
Free [Dm]spirits an[Am]d money
they couldn't waste
[C]She'd

[Verse 5]
[Dm]be alone more ti[Am]mes than few
Too [Dm]many men trusted and [Am]out of view
One [Dm]took her [F]in and [Am]used his mind
Scarred [Dm]her [F]inside a[Dm]nd
[Am]changed her [C]life

[Verse 6]
So when she had daughters of her [Em]own
Her memor[Am]ies could no
longer [F]escape her
They affected [Dm]all [Am]the choices
that she would make

[Verse 7]
[F]But if she [Em]knew [Dm]what she knows now
She wouldn't take the blame
[F]If she kne[Am]w what she kno[Dm]ws now
[C]I

[Verse 8]
[Dm]was the girl who f[Am]elt so strong
[Dm]'Bout anything in this
[Am]world when I saw wrong
I [Dm]analyze, sometimes [Am]cry alone
When it [Dm]got too much I had a[Am] place to turn

[Verse 9]
I [Dm]wish that I could [Am]heal your pain
Cap[Dm]ture the truth,
secrets [Am]filled with shame, [C]oh

[Verse 10]
Cause if you want I'll tell [Em]the world
All the [Am]things you could[Dm]n't [F]say
And hope that [Am]you can [Dm]find
your [Em]way[Am][F]
Cause [Dm]I know what I know

[Verse 11]
now
I was pre[Am]paring for today
[F]If we [Am]knew what we
[Dm]know now
We could have made a bet[Am]ter day

[Verse 12]
[F]If we [G]knew what [Dm]we know now
We'd know there was a different way
[Am]If w[F]e kn[Em]ew what we[Am]
[Dm]know [C]now[Dm]

[Verse 13]
But we all learn by [Am]example
We can become our worst [Dm]fear
Certain lessons we should
hold [Am]on
Some don't [C]serve us anymore

[Verse 14]
[Dm]Our parents raised us how they
knew [Am]how
They didn't know a better [Dm]way
I just try as hard [Am]you could
Don't wanna make the

[Verse 15]
same mistake
[Dm]Hope that you can find [Am]your way
Hope [Dm]that you [Am]can find [C]your way[Am]

[Outro 1]
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