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If I Had My Way chords by
Millie Jackson
Millie Jackson
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Millie,
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I've been checking you all night
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you know you've made several trips to the door but
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you always find an excuse to come back
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you really don't wanna go
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and I think I know why
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I know you've been in love
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and been let down
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you think the the same thing
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happens everytime around
Gm
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But can turn it all and make it pay
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A
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if I had my way
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You're so afraid,
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coz the hurt within you cries
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and love is just another
G
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word for pain and lies
Gm
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but I could reach right out and just hold you,
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if I had my way
Gm
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if you let me have my way
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then I can show you
Bm
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so just stay (stay)
Em
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stay here with me tonight and feel
F#m
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Bm
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what the feeling's like

love (love)
Em
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over and over again
Gm
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let me take you where you've
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F#m
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Asus4
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never been
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As I'm holding you,
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I can see it in your eyes
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girl, you've never had
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G

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your secrets satisfied
Gm
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but it could be the way as I told you
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just let me have my way
Gm
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if you let me have my way
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then I can show you
Bm
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come on and stay (stay)
Em
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A
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stay here with me tonight and feel
F#m
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Bm
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what the feeling's like

we'll make love (love)
Em
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over and over and over again
Gm
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let me take you where you've
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never been
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so baby won't you stay
Em
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(stay)
F#m
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let me, let me, let me love you
Asus4
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Bm
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Em
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come on over and stay (stay)
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F#m
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don't leave, you just can't leave,
Asus4
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Em
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you gotta stay (stay)
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if you stay, we can lay
Asus4
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to the break of day
Bm
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Em
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so... (won't you stay)
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see I've been watching you and I know what's
Asus4
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Bm
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Em
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on your mind (stay)
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G

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I'm not tryna take advantage of you
F#m
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I'm here for you to take advantage of me
Asus4
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so it's a fair exchange,
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Bm
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Em
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you know robbery (won't you stay)
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Asus4
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you got what I need, and I think I got what you need,
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Em
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so... (stay)
G
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we got to get together
F#m
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Asus4
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if we don't and the sun comes up tomorrow we
Bm
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might both be great (won't you stay)
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G

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so don't try play so hard,
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everybody's got a weakness
Asus4
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I'll tell you mine if you tell me
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Em
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yours (stay)
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mine is my head, I like for it to
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Asus4
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be(won't you stay) stroked and stroked
Bm
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so now you come along
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Em
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(stay)
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tell me yours
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Millie: no I
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Isaac: come on, what is it
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Millie: you see, you famous for your head,
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I mean your shiny head and I don't wanna be just another hand strok ing your head
Em
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G

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and like all men, you'll be able to take
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advantage of the situation
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Issac: well that's OK too,
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you can take advantage of me (she don't know...)
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Millie: I don't wanna take advantage of

you (...so can she be sure)
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Isaac: yes you do
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Millie: no I don't
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Isaac: I know you do,
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Em
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I can see the advantage in you right now
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Millie: there's a whole lot of things I can do to you but
Bm
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taking advantage wouldn't be one of them
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Isaac: OK let's forget about the advantage thing,
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let's talk about these thing s you can do to me

millie: no
Bm
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Em
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Isaac: what about them
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Millie: i don't know,
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I shouldn't let you know about these things
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Isaac: but I wanna know
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Millie: see, you're a world wide man, you've been all around the country, all over other countries, getting all different kinds of lovin and you might have too much experience,
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you make it too good to me and I'd wake up in the middle of the night one morning and something like that, thinking about you and all hell just might break loose, I don't know
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Isaac: well if it breaks loose I'll be there and speaking of being all around the world,
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you've been all around the world too so I be taking a chance, even exposing my feelings to you

Millie: well I must admit one

thing

Isaac: what's that?
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Millie: a man of your caliber,

do deserve to have something as good as this

Isaac :(laughs) that's
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why I want it

Millie: you deserve no less than the

best, you know what I mean
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Isaac: yeah I know what you mean


Millie: but I don't know, you see, men have
Asus4
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always tried to have their way

but this you can't believe a word they say, yes it's true the times before love
Em
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has let me down, can I depend on you, to turn this fate around?

what I'm trying to say is,
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is will you make it better if you had your way?
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I've always tried to do what's right, but my sense of reasoning seems a little bit off tonight,
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I've... my time to do wrong. will you be around later on?
Asus4
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what I'm trying to say is, is will you make

it better if you have your way?
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I wanna stay (stay)

here with you tonight

I wanna feel, what the feeling's like
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and love (love)

over and over again

come and take me where I've never been

oh baby, Whuu
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I wanna stay (stay)

tell me it's OK, I wanna stay

Isaac: sure

Millie: tell me it's OK love

I wanna stay baby and love all night
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I wanna stay baby till the early morning light

I wanna stay, stay, stay,

stay, stay baby

Uh Huh
Asus4
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tell me it's OK love
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if I stay, we gonna love all night

tell me baby it's gonna be alright

alright baby, alright, alright, alright, all night

stay, Uh Huh

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • Asus4

  • A

  • D

  • Am

  • Em

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of If I Had My Way by Millie Jackson, Isaac Hayes is E major.

The primary chords used in If I Had My Way are G#m, C#m, A, Am, Bsus4, B.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G#m, C#m, A, Am, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of If I Had My Way is approximately 167 beats per minute.

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