Artist: Chicago
Song: If She Would Have Been Faithful...
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st Fret
[Intro]
G C C D Em Em C C C Am Em
[Verse 1]
C
I was thinking about her
Em
Visiting the past
D D C Em
Reconstructing details with old photographs
Am Am
Studying the faces
D D
With an objective point of view
Am Em Am F
Suddenly remembering doesn't haunt me
C
At the time you couldn't tell me
Em
That one day I'd be glad
D D C Em
That something that I thought was love was misinterpreted
Am Am D D
She had another lover - she emphatically denied
G G D
But they were doin' me a favor
Em D G D
A blessing in disguise
[Chorus]
G D
If she would have been faithful
D C D
If she could have been true
G G D
Then I would've been cheated
D C D
I would never know real love
G G G D
I would've missed out on you
[Verse 2]
C Em
I watch you sleeping - your body touchin' me
D D
There's no doubt about it
C Em
This is where I want to be
Am Am D D
It's so ironic- I had to lose to win
Am D D D
I want to thank her (Thank her again)
[Chorus]
G D
If she would have been faithful
D C D
If she could have been true
G G D
Then I would've been cheated
D C D
I would never know real love
G G G Am F
I would've missed out on you
[Solo accompaniment]
Dm Dm F F F
[Bridge]
Dm Dm
It's a paradox - full of contradiction
D D
How I got from there to here
Am
It defies a
E E E G G
Logical explanation
[Ending Chorus]
G D
If she would have been faithful
D C D
If she could have been true
G G D
Then I would've been cheated
D C D
I would never know real love
G G G D D
I would've missed out on you
G D
If she would have been faithful
D C D
If she could have been true
G D
Then I would've been cheated
D C D
I would never know real love
G G G D D
I would've missed out on you
G G
If she would have been faithful
C C
If she would have been faithful
G G
If she would have been faithful
C C
If she would have been faithful
G D D D
If she would have been faithful