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If Only For A While

Biography:

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), nicknamed "The Big O", was an influential American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll, whose recording career spanned more than four decades. By the mid-1960s Orbison was internationally recognized for his ballads of lost love, rhythmically advanced melodies, three-octave vocal range, characteristic dark sunglasses, and sometimes distinctive usage of falsetto, typified in songs such as "Only the Lonely, "Oh, Pretty Woman", and "Crying".

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Artist: Roy Orbison
Title: If Only For A While

[Intro]
D D#dim7 Em G A

[Verse 1]
D D#dim7
For a while I can sing
Em G A
All the world and everything
D D#dim7
Is touching you, knowing you
Em G A
Are real, a miracle beside me

[Verse 2]
D D#dim7
For a while I can breathe
Em G A
Life is you, and I can cling
D D#dim7
To fantasies, seeing me
Em G A
With you keeps my soul alive now

[Chorus]
D B
Tomorrow, if I die
Em Gm
At least I'll know while I live
D Em G A A7
You're mine, if only for a while

[Verse 3]
D D#dim7
For a while, for a while
Em G A
You hold my world and you can spin it
D D#dim7
For a while, for a while
Em G A
Life is good because you're in it

[Outro Chorus]
D B
Tomorrow, if I die
Em Gm
At least I'll know while I live
D D#dim7
You're mine,
D C B
You are mine,
Em Gm Bm Bb D
If only for a while