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If I Only Had a Brain

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If I Only Had A Brain by Jeremy Little      
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgRGXxtsJo0

F7 8th fret x8786x
C#dim7   (x4535o) 
Abdim7 (4x3434)  
A7 (5o565o)


Intro: F    A7    Dm7     C7  x2

I could while away the hours conferrin' with the flowers,
        F              Dm7      Gm7              C7
Consulting with the rain;
F			  (F7 8th fret)
And my head I'd be scratchin', While my thoughts were surely hatchin' 
       Bb7         Gm7                  C7                   C#dim7             
If I only had a brain.
     Dm7              C7

I'd unravel ev'ry riddle for any individdle 
      F           Dm7         Gm7    C7 
In trouble or in pain
F		      (F7 8th fret)
With the thoughts I'd be thinkin', I could be another Lincoln
         Bb              Gm7               C7           
If I only had a brain
     F               (F7 8th fret)

Oh, I-----could tell you why    - -    the ocean's near the shore,
Bb7    Abdim7 (4x3434)   Am7    D7/F#      Gm7     C7       F
I could think of things I'd never thunk before,
        Gm7                 A7 (5o565o)    Dm7	
And then I'd sit and think some more.
             Gm7			B7 – C7

I would not be just a nuffin', my head all full of stuffin',
        F             Dm7         Gm7              C7 	
My heart all full of pain;
F		          (F7 8th fret)
And perhaps I'd deserve you and be even worthy of you
       Bb7        Gm7              C7          C#dim7   	
If I only had a brain.   
Dm7		A7 (5o565o)
If I only had a brain   
F               A7 (bar)
If I only had a brain
Dm7             C7

F A7 Dm7 C7 outro

Transcribed by ear for my own playing — capos and voicings are what I use, not gospel. ← back to the music