Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
216 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Heart of Stone 1989]
Intro
B B B B B B B B
B B B B
If I could turn-nnn back time…
E E E E
If I could find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those words…
C#m C#m
that hurt-ttt you…
* F# (F#)
and you'd stay…
Verse 1
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
I don't know why I did the things I did…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
I don't know why I said the things I said…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
Love's like a knife it can cut deep inside…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
Words are like weapons… they wound sometimes…
Pre Chorus 1
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
I didn't really mean to…
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
hurt you… I didn't wanna see you
E E..
go… I know I made you cry…
F#.... F#
but baby… If I could
Chorus
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those word… that hurt-ttt you…
F# F#
and you'd stay…
B B B B
If I could reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
E E E E
all-lll to you…
C#m C#m
Then you'd lo-ooo-ve me… lo-ooo-ve me…
C#m C#m
lo-ooo-ve me like you u-uuu-sed to do…
Verse 2
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
IF I COULD TURN-NNN BACK
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
TIME… My world was shattered I was torn apart…
F#.. B....
Like someone took a knife
E.. F#....
and drove it deep in my heart…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
You walk out that door I swore that I didn't care…
F# B E G
but I lost everything darling then and there…
Pre Chorus 2
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
Too strong to tell you I was…
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
sor-rrr-ry… Too proud to tell you I was…
E E..
wrong and I know that I was blind…
F#.... F#
and darling… If I could
Chorus
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those word… that hurt-ttt you…
F# F#
and you'd stay…
B B B B
If I could reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
E E E E
all-lll to you…
C#m C#m
Then you'd lo-ooo-ve me… lo-ooo-ve me…
C#m C#m
lo-ooo-ve me like you u-uuu-sed to do…
Break
* F# (F#)
Oh-hhh…
Bridge
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
If I could turn back
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
time… TURN BACK TIME… If I could…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
turn back… time-eee-eee… TURN BACK TIME… If I could…
F#.. B.... E.. F#....
turn back time-eee… Oh… Baby…
F#.. * B ** E. ** F#.. (F#)
Pre Chorus 3
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
I didn't really mean to…
* E. * G#m. * F# (F#) (F#.)
hurt you… I didn't wanna see you
E E.. F#.... F#
go… I know I made you cry… Oh-hhh… If I could
Refrain
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those words…
C#m C#m
that hurt-ttt you… If I could
D D D D
reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
G G G G
all-lll to you…
Em Em
Then you'd lo-ooo-ve me… lo-ooo-ve me…
Em Em
lo-ooo-ve me like you u-uuu-sed to do…
Outro (Fade Ending)
A A A A
If I could turn-nnn back time…
D D D D
TURN-NNN BACK TIME… If I could
G G G G
find-ddd a way…
Em Em Em Em
Baby may-yyy-be… May-yyy-be… May-yyy-be…
* A
You'd stay…
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