If I Were The Man

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                             If I were the man       Jimmie Rodgers
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE

Simple chord pattern.
Use capo at fret 2 to play along with the original recording (in E):
   CHORD SHAPES
   D  C  Bm A
E|-2--0--2--0--| 
B|-3--1--3--2--| 
G|-2--0--4--2--| 
D|-0--2--4--2--| 
A|-x--3--2--0--| 
E|-x--3--2--x--| 

[INTRO]
D       C      D      C

[VERSE 1]
   D
If I were the man I used to be I wouldn't stand here
        C                 D
Waiting for you; I'd just walk away,
C                     D
Quietly, would you go look for me?
D
Hands that hold one another may never
          C          D
Touch the same again even then
              C            D
If I were the man it never would have been losing you
              Bm      A     D
If I were the man;

[VERSE 2]
D
Take the times that we ever shared together and wrap them all in little
C                          D
Rings of clay and roll the rings away,
 C                        D
Away from me you take the light of day;
D
Winds that softly blow the thought of losing you
 C                  D
Across my mind, and leave behind
       C                     D
In the shifting sands all my dreams and plans
              Bm       A      D
If I were the man,

[OUTRO]
D
If I were the man I used to be I wouldn't stand here
         C               D
Waiting for you I'd just walk away
C                    D          C       D     C      D
Quietly would you go look for me?