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If I Only Had a Brain chords by The Flaming Lips

  • D

  • Em

  • A

  • G

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • E

Verse 1
D
I would while away the
Em
hours
A
Conferin' with the flowers
G
D
Consultin' with the rain
G
D
And my head I'd be scratchin'
A
Em
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
G
D
If I only had a brain.
G
I'd
Verse 2
D
unravel every riddle,
Em
A
For every individle,
G
D
In trouble or in pain.
G
With the thoughts you could be thinkin',
Em
A
You could be another lincoln,
Em
D
If you only had a brain.
G
Oh

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Verse 3
D
F#m
A
I, could tell you why,
Em
A
D
The ocean's near the shore.
F#m
I could think of things I never
Bm
D
thought before,
F#m
Em
A
Then I'd sit, and think some more.
Verse 4
D
I would not be just a nothin',
My head all full of stuffin',
A
D
My heart all full of pain.
G
D
I would dance and by merry,
A
Life would be a dingle derry,
G
D
If I only had a brain.
Interlude 1
D
Em
A
D
A
G
D
G
A
G
D
G
D
Em
A
G
D
G
A
G
D
G
Oh
Verse 5
D
F#m
I could tell you why
A
Em
A
D
The ocean's near the shore.
F#m
I could think of things I
Em
Bm
never thought before
F#m
Em
E
A
And then I'd sit, and think some more.
Verse 6
D
I would not be just a nothin',
G
My head all full of stuffin',
A
D
My heart all full of pain.
F#m
G
D
I would dance and by merry,
A
Life would be a dingle derry,
G
D
If I only had a brain.
Outro 1
D
G
D
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