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If Only

Mike and The Mechanics
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D-DU-UDU
Still waters always  run so deep
I've  heard you cry  in the night
And  talk in your  sleep
Why  would you  want to
Keep  it all inside?
Now  you're alone
   (Bass line goes from  –  (  – )
 With nothing but your pride
 If only you'd  listened to me
 Cos I still  want you now
 I don't want to be free
 If only you  listened to me
 Cos I still  feel the loss
And  it won't let me be
oh  no it won’t let me be
 I've tried talking  long into the night
 but nothing that I  tried to say
 Ever came out right
 There's no point in crying
 My tears have run  dry
 (Bass line goes from  –  (  – )
  I hope that you're satisfied
 If only you'd  listened to me
 Cos I still  want you now
 I don't want to be free
 If only you  listened to me
 Cos I still  feel the loss
And  it won't let me be
oh  no it won’t let me be
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---7—h9—po7------7—h9—h7--7-------------------4--4-------------------|
G-------------------------------6—s4--4--4--6--------6--4----4—po3----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------6-|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------7--9--11--9--7—h9—h7------------------------------------------|
G---8---------------------------8--8—s6--6--4--4--4-----4--6—s8--8---|
D----------------------------------------------------6---------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---8—po6--4---------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 There's no point in crying
 My tears have run  dry
 (Bass line goes from  –  (  – )
  I hope that you're satisfied
 If only you'd  listened to me
 Cos I still  want you now
 I don't want to be free
 If only you  listened to me
 Cos I still  feel the loss
And  it won't let me be
oh  no it won’t let me be
 won’t let me be
 won’t let me be  (Repeat and Fade)

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Readable chord sheet for If Only by Mike and The Mechanics

[Abm]   [F#6]   [E]   [B]   [Abm]   [F#6]   [E]   [B]

[Abm]Still [F#6]waters [E]always run so de[B]ep
[Abm]I've heard you c[F#6]ry in the night
[E]And talk in yo[B]ur sleep

[Bm]Why would you[A] want to
[G]Keep it all ins[F#m]ide?
[G]Now you're al[A]one
     [B]  (Bass line goes from [A] – [B] ([B7] – [B])
With nothing but your pride

[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you'd listened to m[B]e
Cos I [F#m]still want you [Bsus4]now   [E]
[E] I don't want to be [B]free
[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you listened to me[B]
Cos I [F#m]still feel the [Bsus4]loss  [E]
[E]And it won't let me [B]be
[A]oh no it won’t let me [B]be

[Abm]   I've tried [F#6]talking[E] long into the [B]night
[Abm]    but nothing that [F#6]I tried to say
[E]  Ever came out [B]right

[Bm]   There's no point in [A]crying
[G]  My tears have [F#m]run dry
[G]            [A]          [B]  (Bass line goes from [A] – [B] ([B7] – [B])
 I hope that you're satisfied

[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you'd listened to m[B]e
Cos I [F#m]still want you [Bsus4]now   [E]
[E] I don't want to be [B]free
[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you listened to me[B]
Cos I [F#m]still feel the [Bsus4]loss  [E]
[E]And it won't let me [B]be
[A]oh no it won’t let me [B]be

[Abm]   [F#7]   [E]   [B]   [Abm]   [F#7]   [E]   [B]

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---7—h9—po7------7—h9—h7--7-------------------4--4-------------------|
G-------------------------------6—s4--4--4--6--------6--4----4—po3----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------6-|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------7--9--11--9--7—h9—h7------------------------------------------|
G---8---------------------------8--8—s6--6--4--4--4-----4--6—s8--8---|
D----------------------------------------------------6---------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---8—po6--4---------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Bm]   There's no point in [A]crying
[G]  My tears have [F#m]run dry
[G]            [A]          [B]  (Bass line goes from [A] – [B] ([B7] – [B])
 I hope that you're satisfied

[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you'd listened to m[B]e
Cos I [F#m]still want you [Bsus4]now   [E]
[E] I don't want to be [B]free
[Esus4]      [A] If o[E6]nly [E]you listened to me[B]
Cos I [F#m]still feel the [Bsus4]loss  [E]
[E]And it won't let me [B]be
[A]oh no it won’t let me [B]be
[A]         won’t let me [B]be
[A]         won’t let me [B]be  (Repeat and Fade)

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