If I Had A Lover chords by Bert Jansch, Mary Hopkin

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Verse 1
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That one was called Ask Your Daddy.
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You didn't guess.
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Next one's called If I Had a Lover.
So the tune is a Swedish folk tune by,
well it's a Swedish folk tune,
but where we heard it was
a Swedish piano player
called Jan Johansson.
So if you're into good music,
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try and dig in.
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If I said I had a lover,
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would it break your heart in two?
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If I said that he was handsome,
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a young man of 22
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Would it make your blue eyes open,
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shine a light on a love that's
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true?
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Sometimes I wish I had a lover
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that would break your heart
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in two
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A pretty dress I'll wear to please you
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A lowly cut to catch your eye
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And in the soft light of the evening
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Together we both shall lie
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But      if you go  now, if you leave me
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I don't know what I may do
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Sometimes I wish I had a lover
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that would break your heart
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in two
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I'll be the devil, I'll make you jealous
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I'll flirt and tease to make you mad
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I'll go out dancing in the evening
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And the man of the ball I'll be
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But would it make your blue eyes open,
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shine a light on a love that's true?
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Sometimes I wish I had a lover
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that would break your heart in two.
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If I said I had a lover,
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would it break your heart in two?
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If I said that he was handsome,
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a young man of twenty -two?
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Would it make your blue eyes open,
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shine a light on a love that's true?
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Sometimes I wish I   had a lover
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that would break your heart in two.
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you