If Children Had Wings
Gordon Lightfoot
From The Album - Endless Wire
Capo 2nd Fret


[Intro]  (Em) (Am7) (D7) (Gmaj7) (Cmaj7) (Am7) (D7) (G) x2

There's a love I hold (C) dear
And it (G) shines through each (Em) year
And it (Am) makes things seem (Am/G) different some(D/F#)how
It's for (G) better or (C) worse
It's for (G) people who (Em) thirst
For a (Am7) love that burns (D7) brighter right (C) now (G/B) (Am7) (G)

And it shines on and (D) on till all (Em) sadness is (Dm7) gone
And if (C) children had (G/B) wings I would (Am7) sing them their (D) song
With a (Em) smile on my (C) face and a (G) tear in my (Em) eye
Every(Am7)thing will be (D7) fine by and (C) by (G/B) (Am7) (G)

There were things that were said
There were things that were done
And a wife cannot stand too much pain
And what I thought was best
Couldn't please her much less
But my love still goes on, that don't change

And it shines on and on til all sadness is gone
And if children had wings I would sing them their song
With a smile on my lips and a tear in my eye
Everything will be fine by and by

And it shines on and on til all sadness is gone
And if children had wings I would sing them their song
With a smile on my face and a tear in my eye
Everything will be fine by and by