Sherwood Times Songbook

If I Could Write a Song

Key G - Signature 4\4 - Tempo 92

              G                                            C                     
3 Bar Intro   <If only I could write a song>
 
   G                                              C
<Composed with loving care>
 
   D                                                      G
<Moving rhymes that carry along>
 
   G                                     D
<Sentiments all can share>
 
   G                                                           G
<Contained tenderly within the lines>
 
   Gmaj7                            Em                  
<Love for a broken heart>
 
   G                                                   G
<Hopeful that the song will find>
 
                                        G
<Loving ones far apart>
 
   D                                                             D
<Hope to cheer those full of sorrow>
 
              D                                 
<And make them feel okay>
 
   D                                           A
<Looking to a bright tomorrow>
 
   D                                   G                             
<Singing along the way>   
 
    G                                                   C                     
<I wish I could bring some cheer>
 
   G                                               C
<And so brighten up the day>
 
   D                                                          G
<Including those who may be near>
 
                                        A
<And all those far away>
 
   G                                                                               G                         
<Hope some will remember their loved ones>
 
                                                B
<From a sentimental rhyme>
 
   G                                                       G
<Stolen from one of the old songs>
 
                                                            G
<Bringing back some happy times>
   D                                                       D
<Hope to cheer those full of sorrow>
 
   D                                  
<And make them feel okay>
 
   D                                            A
<Looking to a bright tomorrow>
 
    D                                   G                             
<Singing along the way>    > End