IF I WERE BRAVE Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs D = XX3211 G/B = XX2010 A7/C# = XX453X G = XX0003 <-- intro only / XX5433 D7sus/A = XX0011 D = X32010 INTRO: D, G/B, D, G/B, D, A7/C#, D D G/B D7sus/A D All the happy couples on their way to New Or-leans

Re-mi^Dnding me of when^D we got a-^G/Blong ^D D G/B D7sus/A D They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams

And ^Ddreams are what they'll have^D when they have gone^G/B ^D

D G/B D7sus/A D How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on

And ^Dstill it is the sam^De now I am older^G/B ^D G/B D7sus/A D Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs

And ^Dminding less and les^Ds if I am ^G/Bcolder ^D

But I ^Dhave this funny ^G/Bache and it's ^Dburning in my ^G/Bchest And it ^Dspreads just like a ^Dfire inside my ^G/Bbody ^D

Is it ^Dsomething God left ^G/Bout in my ^Dspirit or my ^G/Bflesh Would I be ^Dsaved if I were ^Dbrave and had a ^G/Bbaby? ^D

It was never ^Dclear what would come ^G/Bnext D7sus/A D but that's the risk and that's the test

And yo^Du were the only on^De so far to ^G/Bfollow ^D G/B D7sus/A D And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest

Or how ^Dlong you sit a^Dlone before you ^D D7sus/A D D stop looking back It's like you're waiting for Godot

And then you ^Dpick your sorry ^Dass up off the ^Dstreet and ^G/BGo... ^D ^G/B ^D ^G/B ^D

And ^Dwhat the hell is ^G/Bthis? Who ^Dmade this bloody ^G/Bmess? And ^Dsomeone always ^Danswers like a ^G/Bmartyr ^D

Is it ^Dsomething you should ^G/Bknow, did you ^Dnever do your ^G/Bbest Would you be ^Dsaved if you were ^Dbrave and just t^G/Bried harder ^D

D G/B D7sus/A D So now I ride the aught-one-thirty-five to New Orleans

I ^Dfloat a mile a^Dbove life's toil and tro^G/Buble ^D G/B D7sus/A D A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on

A ^Dclown to enter^Dtain the happy ^G/Bcouples ^D ^G/B ^D ^G/B ^D ^D

Shawn Colvin - If i were brave