Biography:
The Divine Comedy is a baroque pop band now based in Dublin, Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon.
Neil Hannon, Originally from Derry, has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success though. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow
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Other songs:
- Catherine The Great
- Funny Peculiar
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- How Can You Leave Me On My Own
- I Joined The Foreign Legion (to Forget)
- Neapolitan Girl
- A Desperate Man
- A Lady Of A Certain Age
- Absent Friends
- At The Indie Disco
- Bad Ambassador
- Becoming More Like Alfie
- Come Home Billy Bird
- Down In The Streets Below
- Everyone Knows Except You
- Eye Of The Needle
- I Joined The Foreign Legion To Forget
- I Like
- If
- Love What You Do
- Mastermind
- Mother Dear
- National Express
- Our Mutual Friend
- Perfect Lovesong
- Songs Of Love
- Summerhouse
- Sunrise
- The Light Of Day
- The Pact
- To Die A Virgin
- To The Rescue
- Tonight We Fly
- Woman Of The World
- Your Daddys Car
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[Intro]
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D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
If you were the road I'd go all the way
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If you were the night I'd sleep in the day
D F#m Em G
If you were the day I'd cry in the night
D F#m Em G
'Cause you are the way The truth and the light
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If you were a tree, I could put my arms around you
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And you could not complain
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If you were a tree, I could carve my name into your side
Em G
And you would not cry,
D F#m Em G
Cause trees don't cry
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D F#m Em G D
If you were a man, I would still love you
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If you were a drink, I'd drink my fill of you
D F#m Em G D
If you were attacked, I would kill for you
D F#m Em G D
If your name was Jack, I'd change mine to Jill for you
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If you were a horse, I'd clean the crap out of your stable
F#m Em G
And never once complain
D F#m
If you were a horse,
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
I could ride you through the fields at dawn
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
Through the day until the day was gone
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
I could sing about you in my songs
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B A D
As we rode away into the sett---ing sun
(Sun)
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
If you were, my little girl
D F#m Em G
I would find it hard to let you go
D F#m Em G
If you were, my sister
D F#m Em G
I would find it doubly so
D F#m Em G D
If you were a dog, I'd feed you scraps from off the table
F#m Em G
Though my wife complains
D F#m Em Gm
If you were my dog I am sure you'd like it better then,
Gm
you'd be my loyal four legged friend
Gm
You'd never have to think again
Gm
And we could be together till the end
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
If you were the road I'd go all the way
D F#m Em G
If you were the night I'd sleep in the day
D F#m Em G
If you were the day I'd cry in the night
D F#m Em G
'Cause you are the way The truth and the light
D F#m Em G D
If you were a tree, I could put my arms around you
F#m Em G
And you could not complain
D F#m Em G D F#m
If you were a tree, I could carve my name into your side
Em G
And you would not cry,
D F#m Em G
Cause trees don't cry
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G D
If you were a man, I would still love you
D F#m Em G D
If you were a drink, I'd drink my fill of you
D F#m Em G D
If you were attacked, I would kill for you
D F#m Em G D
If your name was Jack, I'd change mine to Jill for you
D F#m Em G D
If you were a horse, I'd clean the crap out of your stable
F#m Em G
And never once complain
D F#m
If you were a horse,
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
I could ride you through the fields at dawn
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
Through the day until the day was gone
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B
I could sing about you in my songs
F# Bbm G#m G#m/B A D
As we rode away into the sett---ing sun
(Sun)
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
D F#m Em G
If you were, my little girl
D F#m Em G
I would find it hard to let you go
D F#m Em G
If you were, my sister
D F#m Em G
I would find it doubly so
D F#m Em G D
If you were a dog, I'd feed you scraps from off the table
F#m Em G
Though my wife complains
D F#m Em Gm
If you were my dog I am sure you'd like it better then,
Gm
you'd be my loyal four legged friend
Gm
You'd never have to think again
Gm
And we could be together till the end
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