Midge Ure - If I Was (James Ure & Danny Mitchell) If you enjoyed this please add it to your favourites and/or give a rating to show appreciation for the work that went into providing it for you Video Here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ENrbZVbso If you do chose to tune down to get the same key and play the chord shapes as Midge does in the video then Power chords are used in the first verse only before moving to standard open shapes. ------------ [Intro] [Verse] If I was a better man would fellow men take me to their hearts If I was a stronger man carrying the weight of popular demand Tell me would that alarm her I’d never harm her at all [Chorus] If I was a soldier captive arms I’d lay before her If I was a sailor seven oceans I’d sail to her [Verse] If I was a kinder man would other men reach out and touch me If I was a stronger man dishing up love for a hungry world Tell me would that appease you I want to please you again [Chorus] If I was a poet all my love in burning words I would show it If I was painter I’ paint world that could not taint her [Bridge] Come here my baby Oh they can’t touch you now I’ll keep you safe and warm I’ll never leave you at all Come here my baby Oh they won’t touch you Dishing up love for a hungry world Tell me would that appease you I want to please you again [Outro] If I was a soldier captive arms I’d lay before her If I was a sailor seven oceans I’d sail to her If I was her leader on food of love from above I would feed her If I was a poet all my love in burning words I would show it If I was her lover her eyes in kisses I would cove---er