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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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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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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com