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If I Had My Way

Words by Lou Klein, Music by James Kendis - 1913

Verse:
C	D7	G7	C
C	G               E7	Am             D7	G7
Chorus:
C	A7	D7	G7
C	A7	D7	G7
C	E7	F             Abm6	C              Am7
D7           Am7	D7	G7	-
C	A7	D7	G7
C	E7	F                A7	Dm
-	Cdim	C	A7
D7	G7	C	-    (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I'd like to make your golden dream come true, dear, If I only had my way.

A paradise this world would seem to you, dear, If I only had my way.

 

Chorus:

If I Had My Way, dear, forever there'd be,

A garden of roses for you and for me,

A thousand and one things, dear, I would do,

Just for you, Just for you, Just for you.

If I Had My Way, we would never grow old,

And sunshine I'd bring ev'ry day.

You would reign all alone, Like a queen on a throne,

If I Had My Way.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "If I Had My Way" (youtube, timestamp 1:48)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com