
Cher-Turn Back Time
[Intro - BPM 108 - No drums - chug chords - BE CAREFUL KEYCHANGE]| B | B | (play sus4 as follows - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - (1)(2)3 4 - 1 2 3 4)
[Chorus - No drums - with E can play Emaj7 at points] If I could
[B]turn back time .... If I could
[E] find a way ....I'd take
back
[C#m] those words that hurt you and you'd stay
[F#] (12341234)
[Verse 1 - Pattern with chords - first onbeat, next off - repeat] [F#] I don't know
[B] why I did the
[E]things I
[F#] did
[F#] I don't know
[B] why I said the
[E]things I
[F#] said
[F#] Love's like
[B]a knife it can
[E] cut deep insi
[F#] ide
(all straight on chords - drums in)
[F#] words are like
[B]weapons, they
[E]wound some(snare)
[F#] times
[Pre-Chorus - E G# F# as one single phrase sort of - XxxX xXXx xxxx xxxx] [E] [G#m] [F#] I didn't really mean to
[E] hurt you
[G#m] [F#] I didn't wanna see you go
[E]I know i made you cry, (drums in)
[F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Full open downstrokes on chords]turn
[B] back time .... If I could
[E] find a way....I'd take
back
[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd
[F#] stay
(1 bar dropped) .. If I could
[B] reach the stars I'd give them all
[E] to you...Then you'd
[C#m] love me, love me, love me like used to (drums stop)
(rhythm of next chords F#xxB xxxx ExxF# xxxx )
do
[F#]xx
[B] xxxx
[E] If I
[F#] could turn back
[Verse 2 - Light drums] [F#] My world was
[B] shattered I was
[E] torn a
[F#] part
[F#] Like someone
[B] took a knife and drove it
[E] deep in my
[F#] heart
[F#] You walk out that
[B] door I swore that
[E] i didn't
[F#] care but I
(full drums in)
[F#] lost every
[B] thing darling
[E] then and
[F#] there (1234)
[Pre-Chorus][E] [G#m] [F#] Too strong to tell you I was
[E] sorry
[G#m] [F#] Too proud to tell you I was wrong
[E] And I know that I was blind
[F#] and darling If I could
[Chorus]turn
[B] back time .... If I could
[E] find a way....I'd take
back
[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd
[F#] stay
(1 bar dropped) .. If I could
[B] reach the stars I'd give them all
[E] to you...Then you'd
[C#m] love me, love me, love me like you used to
[F#] do
aaaaaaah (drums stop) (12341234)
[Ending to avoid complexity and key change]Repeat chorus then 
[F#] [B] [E] If I could
[F#] turn back
[B] Time
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[Bridge - just bass drum][F#] [B] [E] If I could
[F#] turn back
[F#] time .
[B]...... (turn back
[E] time) If I could
[F#] turn back
[F#] time .
[B]...... (turn back
[E] time) If I could
[F#] turn back
[F#] time .
[B]......
[E] oh
[F#] babe
[Big riff - all hits with snare] beh
[F#] x x
[B] - x x x
[E] -
[E] x
[F#] [F#] - x x x x
[Pre-Chorus - Drums fully in][E] [G#m] [F#] I didn't really mean to
[E] hurt you
[G#m] [F#] I didn't wanna see you go
[E]I know i made you cry,
[F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Get ready for key change][B] turn back time ... If I could
[E] find a way,
I'd take
[C#m] back those words that hurt you (2 bars dropped)
If I could
[D] reach the stars I'd give them
[G] all to you Then you'd
[Em] love me, love me, love me like you used to
[A] do
(previous dropped bar stays - 'If' comes in on 3rd beat of 1st bar - bass drum)
If I could turn back time ......
[D] turn back time If I could
[G] find a way
Then
[Em] maybe maybe maybe you'd
[A] stay
[End on D]