Lirik dan Chor Lagu If I Could Be Anywhere - Jackson Browne

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Pada 7 Oktober 2014 musisi asal Amerika, Jackson Browne merilis sebuah lagu yang berjudul "If I Could Be Anywhere".

Lagu tersebut menjadi trek kelima dari 10 lagu dalam albumnya yang bertajuk Standing in the Breach. 

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Fountain of Sorrow - Jackson Browne

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "If I Could Be Anywhere" dari Jackson Browne.

Intro: E E+ E E+

F#          A            E            E+ E
sliding through the shimmering surface between two worlds
F#          A        E           E+ E
standing at the center of time as it uncurles
F#m                          A
cutting through the veil of illusion
F#m                  C#m
moving beyond past conclusions
F#m           A           E      E+ E
rendering all my doubt and confusion unclear

                    C#m
if i could be anywhere
             C#m/F
if i could be anywhere
F#       A        E        E+ E
if i could be anywhere right now i would want to be here

F#           A           E                  E+ E
searching for the future among the things we're throwing away
F#           A              E         E+ E
trying to see the world through the junk we produce everyday
F#m              A
they say nothing lasts forever,
G#        C#m
that all the plastic ever made is still here
F#m             A        E            E+ E
that no amount of closing our eyes will make it dissapear

                 C#m
if i could be anywhere
                C#m/F
if i could be anywhere
F#            A            E            E+ E
if i could be anywhere in history, i would want to be here

C#m             C#m/F            C#m
the romans, the spanish the british the dutch
C#m             C#m/F           C#m          F#
american exceptionalsim so out of touch
C#m            C#m/F            C#m
the folly of empire repeating its course
F#                          G#
imposing its will rolling by force on and on through time

 A              E               G#           C#m
but the world cant take it very much longer
A           E             G#                 C#m
we're not gonna make [un]less we're smarter than stronger
A        E            G#        C#m           C#/F                 B
the worlds gonna shake itslef free of our greed somehow

                  C#m
if i could be anywhere
            C#m/F
if i could be anywhere
F#         A             E            E+ E
if i could be anywhere and change thing, it would have to be now

F#m              A
they say nothing lasts forever,
G#                 C#m
that all the plastic ever made is still here
F#m           A          E            E+ E
that no amount of closing our eyes will make it dissapear

A            E            G#                 C#m
but the world cant take it very much longer
A            E         G#       C#m
we're not gonna make [un]less we're smarter than stronger
A             E         G#        C#m           C#/F B
the worlds gonna shake itslef free of our greed somehow

A            E            G#        C#m
and the world cant take it that you can see
A            E            G#                 C#m
if the ocean don't make it, neither will we
A          E         G#       C#m        C#/F            B
the worlds gonna shake itself all the way free somehow

C#m
if i could be anywhere
C#m/F
if i could be anywhere
F# A E E+ E
if i could be anywhere and change the outcome, it would have to be now