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If I Had My Way
1913
Words by Lou Klein   Music by James Kendis

2-Bar Intro

Verse 1

                C       C°7       C       C°7         G
            I'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR GOLD-EN DREAMS COME TRUE, DEAR,
                            G              G+ C  C°7 G7
                            IF I ON-LY HAD MY WAY,
                C     C°        C           C#°7    G          E7
              A PAR-A-DISE THIS WORLD WOULD SEEM TO YOU, DEAR,
                            E7 Am          D7 G    G7
                            IF I ON-LY HAD MY WAY.

Verse 2

                      C      C°7    C       C#°7     G
                YOU'D NEV-ER KNOW A CARE, A PAIN, OR SOR-ROW,
                           G              G+ C   C#° G7
                           IF I ON-LY HAD MY WAY,
                G7  C         C°7    C      C#°7    G       E7
                I'D FILL YOUR CUP OF HAP-PI-NESS TO-MOR-ROW,
                            E7 Am          D7 G    G7
                            IF I ON-LY HAD MY WAY.

Chorus

                   C        A7             D7            G7
                IF I HAD MY WAY, DEAR, FOR-EV-ER THERE'D BE,
                  G+ C                     C°          G7
                  A  GAR-DEN OF ROS-ES FOR YOU AND FOR ME,
                 C             E7                F Dm7b5 C
               A THOU-SAND AND ONE THINGS, DEAR, I WOULD DO,
                 C        D7                          G   G7
                 JUST FOR YOU, JUST FOR YOU, JUST FOR YOU.
                 G7 C        A7           D7          G7
                 IF I HAD MY WAY WE WOULD NEV-ER GROW OLD,
                    G7  C             E7          F    A7 Dm
                    AND SUN-SHINE I'D BRING EV-RY DAY,
          Dm        F6          F#°          C/G        A7
          YOU WOULD REIGN ALL A-LONE, LIKE A QUEEN ON A THRONE,
                             D7  G7 C  Fm6  C
                             IF I HAD MY WAY.