[Intro]
G D A D x3
G G A D
[Verse]
D A G D
The old man's been stealing
D A G D
She's holding her grievance for a hundred-odd years
D A G D
We all keep believing
D A G D
That history repeats itself year after year
[Pre-Chorus]
G A Bm D
All I fear's that the future is worse
G A Bm D
We have to give in to the hundred-year curse
G A Bm D
Sweat in the sun like we're diggin' a grave
G A Bm D
Dig deep enough and our fortune we'll save
[Chorus]
G D A D
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
G D A D
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
G D A D
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
G G A D
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
[Verse]
D A G D
Chasin' the skirt of a beautiful wife
D A G D
You make mistakes and it's my back that breaks
D A G D
And forever my past steals my life
D A G D
To submission I'm beat but there's hope beneath these feet
[Pre-Chorus]
G A Bm D
Blisters and blood and the sun makes you blind
G A Bm D
You don't let it eat 'til it can't help but be kind
G A Bm G
'Cause you know what's important with your back to the wall
G A Bm Bm
You can break metal chains when your friends don't let you fall
[Chorus]
G D A D
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
G D A D
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
G D A D
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
G G A D
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
[Bridge]
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N.C.
I'm a sword but I find myself blunt
And that is no use when I'm fighting my history, fighting my history
N.C.
I have no blade, I'm more like a feather
That is no use when I' m fighting my history, fighting my history
N.C.
I have no blade, I'm more like a feather
But I can't fly away when I'm fighting myself
[Chorus]
Bb F C F
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Bb F C F
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Bb F C F
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Bb Bb C F
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
[Chorus]
Bb F C F
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Bb F C F
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Bb F C F
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Bb Bb C F
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
[Outro]
Bb F C F x3
Bb Bb C F