If You Were a Stone Ron Pope
If You Were A Stone by Ron Pope
Capo 1
Tabbed By Will S
Chords:
G – 320033
D – xx0233
Em – 022003
C – x32013
Chords can also be played in the standard way that sounds fine too.
Intro:
G D Em C x2
Chorus:
If you were a st[G]one then I'd be the rai[D]n
Turn you t[Em]o sand as the time slips[C] away
If you were a t[G]ree then I'd be the ea[D]rth
Clutching yo[Em]ur roots as you reach s[C]kyward
Verse 1:
[G]I am a metaphor f[D]or all the things I couldn't say
[Em] It's never easy, then it hur[C]ts
[G]Like scratching diamonds I[D] have tried to find my way to you
[Em] But we're both moving in revers[C]e
Pre Chorus:
[G] I wish that we could both find a s[D]imple way just to make it by
[Em]Right now I'm alright if you're just fin[C]e
Chorus
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Some nights you're a photograph fading in my memory
Some days I feel you on my skin
We're trading silence
There are words that seem to steal our breath
And I just dream about your lips
Pre Chorus
Chorus
Chorus 2:
We'd count the star[G]s
My hands in your leav[D]es
And I'd hold my brea[Em]th 'til we both fell aslee[C]p
If you were a sto[G]ne then I'd be the ra[D]in,
Turn you to sa[Em]nd as the time slips awa[C]y
Bridge: (Mute chords early on)
[G]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
[D]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
[Em]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for y[C]ou
[G]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
[D]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for…
[Em]I will wait, I will wait, I will wait for y[C]ou
Chorus
Outro:
If you were a sto[G]ne then I'd be the rai[D]n,
Em C (End on C)
Turn you to sand as the time slips away
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