A

[Verse 1]
A
If you were Chris Columbus Back in 1492
 D
America might be discovered
A
  But not by you
      E           D
You'd never sail across the sea
   E                    D
To change the world's geography
E
You'd stay right there
D              E  A
Close to me in 1492

[Verse 2]
A
If you were Paul Revere Way back in 1776
  D                                   A
A love like ours might Put the country in a fix
     E                    D
That horse of yours would still be tied
      E               D
You'd never take that midnight ride
E               D               E  A
I'd be cuddling by your side in 1776

[Verse 3]
              D
If I was Mrs. Bell
                          A
We'd need no telephone at all
       E
'Cause I can't hug you, baby
     A
On a long distance call
   D
If I were Mrs. Franklin
                      A
You'd throw away your kite
                          Bb
'Cause my, oh, my How the sparks would fly
       D                E
When I kissed you every night

[Verse 4]
   A
If you should build a rocketship To fly up through the blue
D
Someone else can be the pilot
A
  No, not you
   E               D
No matter what the age or time
E                D
I'd be yours and you'd be mine
   E                    D
In nineteen hundred and ninety nine
   E  A
Or 1492

[Bridge]
Bb      Eb   Bb   F7  Eb      F7  Eb   Bb

[Verse 5]
Bb
If you should build a rocketship To fly up through the blue
      Eb
Well, someone else can be the pilot
Bb
  No, not you
   F7              A
No matter what the age or time
F7               Bb
I'd be yours and you'd be mine
   F7                   A
In nineteen hundred and ninety nine
   F7 Eb  Bb
Or 1492