If I Could Be Anywhere
Jackson BrowneVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords: : 022100
+: 033300
/: 476454
/: 254232
sliding through the shimmering surface between two worlds
standing at the center of time as it uncurles
cutting through the veil of illusion
moving beyond past conclusions
rendering all my doubt and confusion unclear
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere right now i would want to be here
searching for the future among the things we're throwing away
trying to see the world through the junk we produce everyday
they say nothing lasts forever,
that all the plastic ever made is still here
that no amount of closing our eyes will make it dissapear
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere in history, i would want to be here
the romans, the spanish the british the dutch
american exceptionalsim so out of touch
the folly of empire repeating its course
imposing its will rolling by force on and on through time
but the world cant take it very much longer
we're not gonna make less we're smarter than stronger
the worlds gonna shake itslef free of our greed somehow
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere and change thing, it would have to be now
they say nothing lasts forever,
that all the plastic ever made is still here
that no amount of closing our eyes will make it dissapear
but the world cant take it very much longer
we're not gonna make less we're smarter than stronger
the worlds gonna shake itslef free of our greed somehow
and the world cant take it that you can see
if the ocean don't make it, neither will we
the worlds gonna shake itself all the way free somehow
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere
if i could be anywhere and change the outcome, it would have to be now
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Readable chord sheet for If I Could Be Anywhere by Jackson Browne
Chords: [E]: 022100
[E]+: 033300
[C#m]/[F]: 476454
[C#]/[F]: 254232
[E] [E] [E] [E]
s[F#]liding through the shimmering su[A]rface between two wo[E]rlds[E] [E]
s[F#]tanding at the center of t[A]ime as it uncu[E]rles[E] [E]
[F#m]cutting through the veil of illu[A]sion
[F#m]moving beyond past concl[C#m]usions
[F#m]rendering all my d[A]oubt and confusion uncl[E]ear[E] [E]
if i could be [C#m]anywhere
if i could be [C#m]anyw[F]here
if i could be an[F#]ywhere right now[A] i would want to be her[E]e [E] [E]
s[F#]earching for the future am[A]ong the things we're throwing[E] awa[E]y [E]
t[F#]rying to see the world through the ju[A]nk we produce everyd[E]ay [E] [E]
t[F#m]hey say nothing lasts for[A]ever,
that all the p[Ab]lastic ever made is still [C#m]here
that no a[F#m]mount of closing our ey[A]es will make it dissape[E]ar [E] [E]
if i could be an[C#m]ywhere
if i could be an[C#m]ywhe[F]re
if i could be an[F#]ywhere in hi[A]story, i would want to be [E]her[E]e [E]
the ro[C#m]mans, the sp[C#m]anis[F]h the bri[C#m]tish the dutch
americ[C#m]an exception[C#m]alsi[F]m so out [C#m]of to[F#]uch
the fo[C#m]lly of empir[C#m]e re[F]peating i[C#m]ts course
imposing its will rolling by [F#]force o[Ab]n and on through time
but the w[A]orld cant ta[E]ke it ver[Ab]y much lo[C#m]nger
we're [A]not gonna ma[E]ke [un]less we're sm[Ab]arter tha[C#m]n stronger
the wo[A]rlds gonna s[E]hake itslef f[Ab]ree of our g[C#m]reed som[C#]eho[F]w [B]
if i could be an[C#m]ywhere
if i could be an[C#m]ywhe[F]re
if i could be an[F#]ywhere and c[A]hange thing, it would have to b[E]e n[E]ow [E]
t[F#m]hey say nothing lasts for[A]ever,
that all the p[Ab]lastic ever made is still [C#m]here
that [F#m]no amount of closing our e[A]yes will make it dissap[E]ear[E] [E]
but the w[A]orld cant ta[E]ke it ver[Ab]y much lo[C#m]nger
we're [A]not gonna ma[E]ke [un]less we're sm[Ab]arter tha[C#m]n stronger
the wo[A]rlds gonna s[E]hake itslef f[Ab]ree of our g[C#m]reed som[C#]eho[F]w [B]
and the wo[A]rld cant t[E]ake it th[Ab]at you can [C#m]see
if the oce[A]an don't m[E]ake it, n[Ab]either will[C#m] we
the wo[A]rlds gonna s[E]hake itself a[Ab]ll the way f[C#m]ree some[C#]how[F] [B]
if i could be an[C#m]ywhere
if i could be an[C#m]ywhe[F]re
if i could be an[F#]ywhere and change the o[A]utcome, it would have to be[E] no[E]w [E]