E D C#m Am F#m B
[Verse 1]
E G#m
If I learned to play the violin
Bm C#
And I traded my old guitar in
F#m
Would your parents still object
Am
Or would I win their respect
B
If I learned to play the violin?
E G#m
I would even go and cut my hair
Bm C#
Though my friends would point and say I'm square
F#m
Girl, would your society
Am
Still look down their nose at me
B
If I learned to play the violin?
[Bridge]
D
I'd give up my beat-ways
A
Take up more discreet ways
Am E
All you've got to do is ask me to
D C#7 N.C.
Whoa-oa, just ask me to
[Verse 2]
F# A#m
And I'd learn to play the violin
C#m D#
Turn my back on everything I've been
G#m
I'd be like somebody new
Bm
But, not change my love for you
C#
If I learned to play the violin
[Interlude]
F# E F# E
[Bridge]
D
I'd give up my beat-ways
A
Take up more discreet ways
Am E
All you've got to do is ask me to
D C#7 N.C.
Whoa-oa, just ask me to
[Outro]
F# A#m
And I'd learn to play the violin
F# A#m
Yes, I'd learn to play the violin
E F# A#m E
And I'd learn to play the violin, the violin
F# A#m E F# A#m E F# A#m E F# A#m
Yes, I'd learn to play the violin, the violin
