If it
C/G
came to pass that
Am9
they should ask
Bbmaj7
What could I t
C
ell
them
Would they
C/G
criticize
b
Am9
ehind my back
Bbmaj7
Maybe I should l
C
et
them
F
Oh if
C/E
only then and
Am7
only
then
D9
They would under
Dm7/G
stand
Gsus4
They’d turn a
C
full-blo
E
oded
F
city
boy
Into a
C/G
full-blooded
F
city
C
man
C7/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
If
C/G
they could face it
Am9
I could take it
Bbmaj7
in their eyes
Oh I
C
know
I’d
F/C
make it
C
F/C
Their
C/G
tiny
minds
And
Am7
sacred
cows
Bbmaj7
just
C
fake
it
F
Oh if
C/E
only then and o
Am7
nly
then
D9
They would unders
Dm7/G
tand
Gsus4
They’d turn a
C
full-b
C/E
looded
F
city
boy
Into a
C/G
full-bloode
G7/B
d
city
C
man
C7/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
But I
Bbm
know the way they
Eb7/Bb
want
me
In the
Abmaj7
way they publicize
Bbm
If they could turn their focus of
Eb7/Bb
f
To the
Abmaj7
image in their eyes
C/G
Maybe it would
G9sus4
help them,
C/G
help them unders
F
tand
C/G
Maybe it would
G9sus4
help them,
C/G
help them unders
F
tand
C/G
Maybe it would
G9sus4
help them,
C/G
help them unders
F
tand
That a
C
full-bloo
E
ded
F
city
boy
Is now a
C/G
full-blooded
F/G
city
C
man
C/G
Do do do do do do do do do
Am9
Do do do do do do do do do
Bbmaj7
Do do do do do do do do do do
C
F/C
C
F/C
C/G
Oh my soul
Am9
Oh my soul
Bbmaj7
Oh my soul