If I Were The Standard

Words and Music by Jeff Stone

From Jeff Stone's "Three of a Trilogy"

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Note for guitarists: Most of the C and G chords are rock chords, played with 6s in the common 
na-na-NA(6)-na beat.


C G C G C G C G

Verse 1:
C      G                  C                 Am F G
I am always the guest who breaks the glass
C      G            C      
And so they get the broom
Am F    G
To beat me
C                Am    F   G
I wish that they would let me
C                     Am F G
Just clean up my mess
    C        G              C
And just say that they were glad
Am F    G
To meet me


Bridge:
G
I think off-balance
D
I walk off-balance
G
I think things over
D
I knock things over
G
I broke the mold and
D
I broke some dishes
G
I went for gold
    D
Was that too ambitious?

I don't know



Chorus:



But if you
C            G 
Made me your standard
      C            G
Your ideal perfect ten
     C            G
Then you would be great
                    C        G
And I would be your greatest friend
       C            G
If you made me your standard
      C            G
Your ideal perfect ten
     C            G
Then you would be great
          Am   Em
By comparison
       Am   Em
Comparison
       Am   Em
Comparison
       Am   
Comparison

D D7 F G



Verse 2:

I wish they could say they got a laugh

And they like my sense of

Balance

If everyone said

That I was the norm

Then all could claim to have special talents


Bridge

Chorus
                          G
end of chorus: "...comparison"


Music: copyright 1989 Jeff Stone, Full song: copyright 1999 Jeff Stone, All Rights Reserved