Tom Paxton - What If, No Matter

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What If, No Matter

Tom Paxton

Capo 5, in 6/8 time

Chord Guide

32 1

C: x32010

3 4

G: 3x0003

213

D7: xx0212

123

A: x02220

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Strum: B D U D U D D U D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + w/swing feel

This video is identical to the pattern above except that it doesn't swing.

Intro: / C - - - - - / G - - - - - / D7 - - - - - / G - - - - - / x2

/ D7 - - - - - / G - - - - - /

Chorus:

C G D7 G

What if, no matter how angry he was, How outraged he was, How furious he was,
C G D7 G

What if, no matter how angry he was, He couldn't lay hands on a gun,

D7 G

He couldn't lay hands on a gun?

C G D7 G
What if, no matter how right he was, How wrong they were, How evil they were,
C G D7 G

What if, no matter how right he was, He couldn't lay hands on a gun,
D7 G

He couldn't lay hands on a gun?

D7 G D7 G
No rifle, no pistol, No shotgun in sight, No revolver, automatic, No assault gun tonight,
C G A D7

No clips crammed with bullets Anywhere to be found, No weapons just laying around?

C G D7 G

What if, no matter how outraged he was, How furious he was, How murderous he was,
C G D7 G

What if, no matter how outraged he was, He couldn't lay hands on a gun,
D7 G

He couldn't lay hands on a gun.

D7 G D7 G
If he dug through his pickup, The back seat, the trunk, The attic, the basement, And piles of old junk,
C G A D7

And came up empty-handed, Again and again, Tell me, what would he do then?

Chorus

End on G

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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