Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
216 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Heart of Stone 1989]
Intro
B B B B B B B B
B B B B
If I could turn-nnn back time…
E E E E
If I could find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those words… that hurt-ttt you…
* F# (F#)
and you'd stay…
Verse 1
F# B E.. f# F#
I don't know why I did the things I did…
F# B E.. f# F#
I don't know why I said the things I said…
F# B E.. f# F#
Love's like a knife it can cut deep inside…
F# B E F#
Words are like weapons… they wound sometimes…
Pre Chorus 1
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
I didn't really mean to…
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
hurt you… I didn't wanna see you
E E.. f# F# F#
go… I know I made you cry… but baby… If I could
Chorus
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those word… that hurt-ttt you…
F# F#
and you'd stay…
B B B B
If I could reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
E E E E
all-lll to you…
C#m C#m
Then you'd love-eee me… love-eee me…
C#m C#m
love-eee me like you used-ddd to do…
Bridge
F#.. b B E.. f# F#
IF I COULD TURN-NNN BACK
Verse 2
F# B E.. f# F#
TIME… My world was shattered I was torn apart…
F# B E.. f# F#
Like someone took a knife and drove it deep in my heart…
F# B E.. f# F#
You walk out that door I swore that I didn't care…
F# B E F#
but I lost everything darling then-nnn and there…
Pre Chorus 2
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
Too strong to tell you I was…
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
sor-rrr-ry… Too proud to tell you I was…
E E.. f# F# F#
wrong and I know that I was blind… and darling… If I could
Chorus
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those word… that hurt-ttt you…
F# F#
and you'd stay…
B B B B
If I could reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
E E E E
all-lll to you…
C#m C#m
Then you'd love-eee me… love-eee me…
C#m C#m
love-eee me like you used-ddd to do…
Middle 8
* F# (F#)
Oh-hhh…
F# B E F#
If I could turn back
F# B E F#
time… TURN BACK TIME… If I could… turn back
F# B E
time-eee… TURN BACK TIME… If I could…
F# F# B E F#
turn back time-eee-eee… Oh-hhh… baby…
Bridge
F#.. b B E.. f F#
Pre Chorus 3
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
I didn't really mean to…
E. G#m. F# F# F#.
hurt you… I didn't wanna see you
E E.. f# F# F#
go… I know I made you cry… Oh-hhh… If I could
Outro (fade ending)
B B B B
turn-nnn back time… If I could
E E E E
find-ddd a way…
C#m C#m C#m C#m
I'd take back-kkk those words… that hurt-ttt you… If I could
D D D D
reach-hhh the stars… I'd give them
G G G G
all-lll to you…
Em Em
Then you'd love-eee me… love-eee me…
Em Em
love-eee me like you used-ddd to do…
A A A A
If I could turn-nnn back time…
D D D D
TURN-NNN BACK TIME… If I could
G G G G
find-ddd a way…
Em Em Em Em * A
Baby may-yyy-be… May-yyy-be… May-yyy-be… You’d stay…