• Song:

    If I Had The World To Give

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Shakedown Street

Intro/Riff:
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Cmaj Fmaj Em Dm
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   C  d e   g     d     c    F       Em         Dm
   If I had the   world to   give
               G                 C
I'd give it to you - long as you live
          Em     Am
Would you let it fall
   G       F           C
or hold it all in your arms?

C  d e   g d    c  F    Em    Dm
If I had a song to sing
               G                    C
I'd sing it to you - as long as you live
Em   Am               G         F
Lullabye - or maybe a plain serenade
             G                 F
wouldn't you laugh, dance, and cry
      C                       C7
or be afraid at the trade you made?


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Fmaj7                             Bbmaj7
      I may not have the world to give to you
Fmaj7                    Bbmaj7
      but maybe I have a tune or two
Fmaj7                    Bbmaj7
      Only if you let me be your world

e     d c  d d#   d    c     g# g
could I ever give this world to you,
e     d c  d d#   d    c     g# g
could I ever give this world to you


G                             Bb      F
  But I will give what love I have to give
G                         Bb      F
  I will give what love I have to give
G                         Bb      F
  I will give what love I have to give
C
long as I live

(Solo)


C  d e   g d    c  F   Em Dm
If I had a star to give
               G                 C
I'd give it to you - long as you live
          Em       Am
Would you have the time
            G                F
to watch it shine - watch it shine
   G           F               C
or ask for the moon and heaven too?
               C7
I'd give it to you.

Fmaj7                      Bbmaj7
      But just now I've no star to spare
Fmaj7                     Bbmaj7
      or anything fine or even rare
Fmaj7                    Bbmaj7
      Only if you let me be your world
      e     d c  d d#   d    c     g# g
      could I ever give this world to you,
      e     d c d  d#   d    c     g# g
      could I ever give this world to you

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