If I Were You

Verse G C If I were you, then I would gladly D/F# G loan to me a dollar or two D/F# C So I could eat, and maybe get DD/F# G Just one good night of sleep C But I'm not, and I'm stranded D/F# G Like a castaway in this town C D/F# And you seem so unwilling G C To help a fellow when he's down G D/F# G If I were you, that's what I'd do G C D If I were you, I wouldn't be out on these streets G The whole night through D/F# C Yeah, I'd have a job and a pretty wife D/F# G That I could come home to C D/F# But I don't, and I have twenty cents G Left to my name C D/F# And you're the only one left here G C That I have to blame G D/F# G If I were you, That's what I'd do Bridge G C D/F# Sir, it's not like me to take from you G Things I haven't earned C D/F# I wish I could go back G D/F# G And need the lessons I have learned C But I can't, so you'll gladly D/F# G Put your money in this sack C D/F# Yes Sir, this thing is loaded G C And I have the hammer back G D/F# G If I were you, that's what I'd do C G D/F# If I were you, that's what to do