If I Could
Phish
Intro: D11
G B7 C G G
Take me to another place she said,
F C D11*
Take me to another time
G B7 C G C-G
Run with me across the oceans,
F C D A C Walk down: A-B-C B-A
Float me on a silver cloud--------------.
Chorus:
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
Bm C D11 Walk down: A-B-C B-A
If I could I would, and I’d take you now
D11 (guitar plays up a 5th, add A)
G B7 C G G
Stay with me till time turns over
F C D11*
I wanna feel my feet leave the ground
G B7 C G C-G
Take me where the whispering breezes can
F C D A C Walk down: A-B-C B-A
Lift me up and spin me around...
Chorus/Bridge:
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
Bm C D
If I could I would, and I’d take you now
D A C G
Hear you laughing as we go...(I’d take you now )
D A C G
Flipping backwards through the doors and through the windows (I’d take you now)
D A C Walk down: A-B-C B-A
I'm melting into nothing
Chorus x2:
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
G C
If I could I would, but I don't know how,
Bm C D11 D11 Walk down: A-B-C B-A
If I could I would, and I’d take you now
Piano Solo Outro: G-C G-C Bm-C-D
D A C G
Ohhhhh oh, if I could I would.....but I don't know how
D A C G
Ohhhhh oh, if I could I would.....but I don't know how
D A C G A (hold it) Walk down: A-B-C B-A G
Ohhhhh oh...
Instrumental (cellos?) play progression 2x
G 4x C 4x G 4x C 4x Bm 4x C 4x C/B 4x Am 4x
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|15p14----|13p12----|15p14----|13p12----|
G|---------|17p14----|---------|17p14----|----16p14|----14p12|----16p14|----14p12|
D|17p14----|----17p15|17p14----|----17p15|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|----17p15|---------|----17p15|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
{^improvement welcome. listen to it live, it is like Bouncing Around the Room end^}
Intro Verse chords
D11* | G B7 C G F C D A C C/B Am G
e|------------|-------------------------------------------3--|
B|-----5-3----|--8---0--0---0--0--0--1--:--3--5--1--1--1--0--|
G|----0-------|--0---8--9---4--4--2--0--:--0--6--0--0--2--0--|
D|---4--------|--9---7--10--5--5--3--2--:--4--7--2--0--2--0--|
A|--5---------|--10--9--10--5--5--3--3--:--5--0--3--2--0--2--|
E|------------|-use-*-pattern-basically-throughout--------3--|