If I Were Brave
Shawn ColvinVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
= XX3211
= XX2010
= XX453X
G = XX0003 <-- intro only / XX5433
/ = XX0011
= X32010
All the happy couples on their way to New Or-leans
Re-minding me of when we got a-long
They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams
And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone
How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on
And still it is the same now I am older
Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs
And minding less and less if I am colder
But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest
And it spreads just like a fire inside my body
Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh
Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby?
It was never clear what would come next
but that's the risk and that's the test
And you were the only one so far to follow
And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest
Or how long you sit alone before you
stop looking back It's like you're waiting for Godot
And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and
And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess?
And someone always answers like a martyr
Is it something you should know, did you never do your best
Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder
So now I ride the aught-one-thirty-five to New Orleans
I float a mile above life's toil and trouble
A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on
A clown to entertain the happy couples
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Readable chord sheet for If I Were Brave by Shawn Colvin
[F] = XX3211 [C/E] = XX2010 [D7/F#] = XX453X G = XX0003 <-- intro only / XX5433 [G7sus]/[D] = XX0011 [C] = X32010 [F] [C/E] [F] [C/E] [F] [D7/F#] [G] [F]All the happy [C/E]couples on their [G7sus]way to[D] New Or-l[C]eans Re-mi[F]nding me of when[G] we got a-[C/E]long [F] They're [F]only renting tim[C/E]e and space to[G7sus] fill [D]up with their[C] dreams And [F]dreams are what they'll have[G] when they have gone[C/E] [F] How could it [F]be that I was[C/E] born without a clu[G7sus]e to c[D]arry o[C]n And [F]still it is the sam[G]e now I am older[C/E] [F] Armed with just a wil[C/E]l and then this [G7sus]love f[D]or singing s[C]ongs And [F]minding less and les[G]s if I am [C/E]colder [F] But I [F]have this funny [C/E]ache and it's [F]burning in my [C/E]chest And it [F]spreads just like a [G]fire inside my [C/E]body [F] Is it [F]something God left [C/E]out in my [F]spirit or my [C/E]flesh Would I be [F]saved if I were [G]brave and had a [C/E]baby? [F] It was never [F]clear what would come [C/E]next but that's the [G7sus]risk a[D]nd that's the [C]test And yo[F]u were the only on[G]e so far to [C/E]follow [F] And no one talks ab[C/E]out when one might [G7sus]stop a[D]nd need to [C]rest Or how [F]long you sit a[G]lone before you [F] stop looking [G7sus]back I[D]t's like you're[F] waiting for God[G]ot And then you [F]pick your sorry [G]ass up off the [C]street and [C/E] [F] [C/E] [F] [C/E] [F] [Go] And [F]what the hell is [C/E]this? Who [F]made this bloody [C/E]mess? And [F]someone always [G]answers like a [C/E]martyr [F] Is it [F]something you should [C/E]know, did you [F]never do your [C/E]best Would you be [F]saved if you were [G]brave and just t[C/E]ried harder [F] So [F]now I ride the [C/E]aught-one-thirty-[G7sus]five t[D]o New Orl[C]eans I [F]float a mile a[G]bove life's toil and tro[C/E]uble [F] A thousand lonely [C/E]lifetimes I still wa[G7sus]it and[D] then go [C]on A [F]clown to enter[G]tain the happy [C/E]couples [F] [C/E] [F] [C/E] [F] [C]