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Lloyd Cole – If I Were A Song Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsFmaj7/C C Dm Am G E7Am/GAm/F#D7C/G

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These are the chords for If I Were A Song by Lloyd Cole on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
Fmaj7/C                    C
    What if I was just a song?
Dm                 Am
Words on a page to sing - a song
C                      G
What if my essence was pure
Am                  E7
Pure mathematics no more
E7                    Fmaj7/C
Than a romance from a store?
Fmaj7/C                       C
Would you still cry when I played,
E7           Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to me for
    Am    Am/G         Am/F#
the pain, hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
D7               E7
If I were just a song?

[Verse 2]
Fmaj7/C                   C/G
Could a song, just a song break
you down?
Dm
Could a song make you want to
   Am
go paint the whole town?
C
Could your world turn
            G
around on a phrase?
Am                          E7
Could an interval really be more
E7                     Fmaj7/C
Than the space between us?
Fmaj7/C                      C
Would you still dance when I played,
E7           Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to me when
    Am     Am/G     Am/F#
the nights - grow long
D7               E7
If I were just a song?

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[Verse 3]
Fmaj7/C
But of course, of course
              C
I'm more than just a song
Dm                     Am
Baby, I'm something to be - a song
C                     G
And wasn't it you all along?
Am                     E7
Wasn't I there just to be
E7                  Fmaj7/C
Your beleaguered go-between
Fmaj7/C                    C
There isn't a mountain too tall
  E7            Fmaj7/C
- mmmm, not for me
Fmaj7/C                 Am
There isn't a river too deep
Am/G      Am/F#
- not for me
D7                   E7
I'm more than just a song

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Break]
Fmaj7/C            C
La la la la, la la la
Dm                Am
La la la la la la la, la la la
C                 G
La la la la la la la, la la la
Am                E7
La la la la la la la,
                Fmaj7/C
la la la, la la la

[Outro]
Fmaj7/C                    C
Would you still cry when I played,
E7           Fmaj7/C
hmmm mmmm mmmhmmmm
Fmaj7/C
Would you still turn to
           Am  Am/G  Am/F#
me for the pain
D7               E7
If I were just a song?

How to play If I Were A Song: key, chords and progression

If I Were A Song by Lloyd Cole is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 10 chords: Fmaj7/C, C, Dm, Am, G, E7, Am/G, Am/F#, D7 and C/G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dm – Am – C – G (iv – i – III – VII in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.