[Intro and Verse]
C Am G C
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C F C G
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Am F G C (C)
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[Chorus] (If you play alone I reccomend just strumming this part)
Am (Am) Em (Em) F G C (C)
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[Intro] C / Am / G / C
[Verse]
C Am G C
If I was a sailor I would sail you out to sea
C F C G
Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me
Am F G C
Oh if I was sailor I would sail you home to me
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a soldier I would march to war for you
C F C G
I'd face every bullet and cannonball that flew
Am F G C
Oh if I was a soldier I would wage a war for you
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a jailer I would lock you away
C F C G
Then I'd have the key to see you each and every day
Am F G C
Oh if I was a jailer I would still have you today
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a rich man I'd buy you flowers every day
C F C G
But I am a poor man so I'll pick them on the way
Am F G C
Oh if I was a rich man I would pay to make you to stay.
[Chorus]
Am Em
I've wasted so much time
F G C
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
Am Em
I've wasted so much love
F G C
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I had an aeroplane then I'd fly you away
C F C G
Maybe we go to rome or paris for the day
Am F G C
Oh if I had an aeroplane then I'd whisk you away
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a betting man I'd bet you love me too
C F C G
I'd bet everything I had for the chance to be with you
Am F G C
Oh if I was a betting man my odds are 9-2.
[Chorus]
Am Em
I've wasted so much time
F G C
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
Am Em
I've wasted so much love
F G C
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
Am G Am
Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
F G C
Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
[Chorus]
Am Em
I've wasted so much time
F G C
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
Am Em
I've wasted so much love
F G C
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
Am G Am
Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
F G C
Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a writer I would write a book on you
C F C G
I'd tell them all the stories of the things we used to do
Am F G C
Oh if I was a writer I would write a book on you
[Verse]
C Am G C
And if I was a painter I'd paint portraits of you
C F C G
Hang them in the galleries like all good painter do
Am F G C
Oh if I was a painter I'd paint potraits of you.
[Chorus]
Am Em
I've wasted so much time
F G C
Writing songs and playing on my guitar
Am Em
I've wasted so much love
F G C
Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
Am G Am
Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
F G C
