The Boy Named If

C Cm I’m a lucky so and so a fortunate stiff Cm You said you’d never knew me but I’m the one you want to be with Cm If I tumble from a tightrope or leap from a cliff Cm I won’t be dashed to pieces I’m the boy named “IF” C If I disappear and I slipper from your view C I just step upon a crack and I won’t come back D G Imagine me D G C And I’ll imagine you too Cm In a hollow of the bed sheet or a picture in a frame Cm I’m vivid as a summer’s day then never seen again Cm Who’ll pay the taxman? who’ll place the blame? Cm Who’ll point into an empty room and whisper my name? C If I disappear and I slipper from your view C I just step upon a crack and I won’t come back D G Imagine me D G C And I’ll imagine you too Dm G Take my hand C F We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land" Dm G Take my hand A Dm See the pictures they’ve projected Dm G Take my hand C F We’ll fill our pockets up with sand Dm G Dance in frantic passes A Dm C ‘Til the grains all turn to glasses Cm Drums begin to navigate the band strikes up a riff Cm No one will believe you but the boy Named If Cm Who’ll pay your entrance fee? who’ll leave a tip? Cm Who’ll say, “Listen here, Sunshine don’t you give me no lip” Cm Who broke your favourite heart? who stops and never starts? Cm Who kiss you stupid? it must be something you did Cm Who’ll keep you satisfied after a lover’s tiff? Cm It must be some other guy no the Boy Named If C If I disappear and I slipper from your view C I just step upon a crack and I won’t come back D G Imagine me D G C And I’ll imagine you too Dm G Take my hand C F We’ll go to “Magic Lantern Land" Dm G Take my hand A Dm See the pictures they’ve projected Dm G Take my hand C F We’ll fill our pockets up with sand Dm G Dance in frantic passes A Dm C ‘Til the grains all turn to glasses