What-Ifs, Maybes And Might-Have-Beens chords by Ian Anderson

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Verse 1
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 (C major) We all must wonder (D major) , now and  (C major) then,
If things had turned out - well
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 (D major) - just plain  (D minor) differ (C major) ent.
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Chance path taken,  (D major) page un (C major) turned or brief encounter (D major) , blossomed,
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splintered.  (D minor)  (C major) 
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Might I have  (G major) been the  (A major) man of  (G major) courage,
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brave  (C major)  (G major) upon life's  (A major) battlefield,  (G major) 
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 (C major) Captain  (G major) Commerce,  (A major) high- flown banker (G major) ,
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 (C major) he  (G major) donistic, down- at- heel?
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A Pur (C major) itan of  (D major) moral  (C major) fibre,
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 (G major) voice  (C major) raised in praise  (D major) magnifi (F major) cent?  (C major) 
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Or rested in as (D major) sured re (C major) pose,
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 (G major)  (F major) know (C major) ing my lot in  (D major) quiet con (C major) tent.

Verse 2
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 (E minor) What-  (C major) ifs,  (D major) Maybes and Might-  (G major) have-  (C major) beens
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 (A minor) fly, soft  (D major) petals on a breeze.  (E minor) 
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 (B minor) What- ifs,
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 (C major) Maybes and Might-  (D major) have-  (E minor) beens.
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 (A minor) Why- nots,  (D major) Perhaps and Wait-  (A minor) and-  (B major) sees.
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (D major) 

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Verse 3
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 (E minor) Suppose bold  (C major) woman, quite un (E minor) suited,
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brave in ad (C major) venture, sojourns  (D major) wicked.
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 (E minor) Velvet  (C major) touch and  (E minor) lips soft- centred,
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tossing  (C major) hair, teeth  (D major) bared in laughing.
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 (E minor) Imagine  (C major) idyll Summers never (E minor) - ending,
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Winter  (C major) nights beside fire  (D major) roaring.
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 (E minor) Touched by  (C major) madness, filled  (E minor) with fondness,
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kissed by  (C major) love, love  (A minor) without  (D major) name.
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 (B minor) What-  (C major) ifs,  (D major) Maybes and

Verse 4
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Might-  (G major) have-  (C major) beens  (A minor) fly,
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soft  (D major) petals on a  (E minor) breeze.
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 (B minor) What- ifs,
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 (C major) Maybes and Might-  (D major) have-  (E minor) beens.
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 (A minor) Why- nots,  (D major) Perhaps and Wait-  (A minor) and-  (B major) sees.  (C major) 

Interlude 1
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 (B major)  (C major)  (B major)  (C major)  (D major)  (C major) 
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 (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) So, you ride yourselves

Verse 5
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 (A major) over the  (D major) fields.
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And you  (G major) make  (A major) all your animal  (D major) deals.
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And your  (G major) wise  (A major) men don't
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know how it  (D major) feels  (A major) 
To be thick as a brick... two