If I Were You

Chords

Standard

A             C#m          A         C#m
  You seem to find the dark, when everything is bright 
A              C#m                C             G
  You look for all that's wrong, instead of all that's right 
A              C#m         A           C#m
  Does it feel good to you, to rain on my parade 
A           C#m           C            G 
  You never say a word, unless it's to complain 
       C          G       D    (keep playing D into the chorus)
  It's driving me insane 


            A
  If I were you 
              C           G     D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
               C         G          D
  Is thank the stars for all that I am 
              A
  If I were you 


C#m A C#m C  G


A                 C#m         
  Look at what's around you now 
A               C#m
  More than you ever dreamed 
A             C#m          C                   G
  Have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be? 
A              C#m         A             C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A                C#m         C               G  
  That all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
   C               G       D    (keep playing D into the chorus)  
It happens all the time 



            A
  If I were you 
              C           G     D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
               C       G  
  Is thank the stars above 
           C       G
  Tell the words I love
         D     (keep playing D)
  That I do  



                 C
  Yeah if I were you 
      G                A  C#m A 
  Whoa, yeah if I were you 
  C#m       C
  If I were you 
      G           A  C#m  A  C#m  A  C#m  A  C#m
  Whoa, If I were you





A              C#m         A             C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A                C#m         C               G  
  It all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
   C               G       D    (keep playing D into the chorus)  
It happens all the time 


            A
  If I were you 
              C           G     D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
               C       G  
  Is thank the stars above 
          C       G
  For the words I love
       G#         Bb        C 
Take a breath and enjoy the view 
         G#        Bb      C    
Live the life that I wanna do 
          G#
If I were you 
          Bb
If I were you 
          C
If I were you