If Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author fourpeat [a] 4,945.

2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 2, 2020

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Chords

Aadd2

E/G#

Em/G

Esus4/F#

Asus4/F

Dm6

F#m

F#mMaj7/F

A6/E

C#m7b5

Bm7

D6/B

D/E

Dm/F

F#m/A

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If
Written by David Gates (1971)
Performed by Bread
 
    Aadd2 xx7600
     E/G# xx6400
     Em/G xx5400
 Esus4/F# xx4200
  Asus4/F xx3230
        A x02220
      Dm6 xx0201
       E7 020130
      F#m xx4222
F#mMaj7/F xx3222
 
     A6/E xx2222
       D6 xx0202
   C#m7b5 x4x000
       F# 2xx322
      Bm7 xx4232
     D6/B x2x232
      D/E 0xx232
       G# xx6xxx
     Dm/F xx3231
    F#m/A xxx222
 
 
[Intro]
 
Aadd2  E/G#  Em/G  Esus4/F#
Asus4/F  A  Dm6  E7
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
      Aadd2             E/G#
If a picture paints a thousand words
     Em/G               Esus4/F#
Then why  can't I paint   you
    Asus4/F             A
The  words  will never show
    Dm6               E7
The you I've come to know
     Aadd2                 E/G#
If a face could launch a thousand ships
     Em/G          Esus4/F#
Then where am I to    go
        Asus4/F               A
There's   no    one home but you
       Dm6                E7
You're all that's left me too
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
    F#m     F#mMaj7/F
And when my love
    A6/E            D6
For life is running dry
       C#m7b5      F#
You’ll  come  and pour
Bm7         E7
Yourself on me
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
     Aadd2              E/G#
If a  man could be two places
       Em/G              Esus4/F#
At one time, I'd be with   you
Asus4/F        A
Tomorrow and today
Dm6                E7
Beside you all the way
       Aadd2               E/G#
If the world should stop revolving
          Em/G          Esus4/F#
Spinning slowly down to   die
    Asus4/F              A
I'd  spend the end with you
    Dm6                  E7
And when the world was through
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
     F#m    F#mMaj7/F
Then one by   one
    A6/E               D6
The stars would all go out
     C#m7b5     F#
Then  you   and I
       D6/B  D/E  G#   Aadd2
Would simply fly  a  -  way
 
 
[Outro]
 
Bm7  Dm/F  Aadd2   F#m/A
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4 comments

A very good tab. It's relatively easy to play too, although, like a lot of more accurate tabs, it will probably get quickly overlooked for simpler 'busker' type versions just because it has some long chord names. Your tab is by far the best version so far, so well done. DJ

I think what you are calling E/G# xx6500 is actually xx6400, probably Emaj7, you can see his finger lift off from previous chord. Its actually the same chord he uses in "Make it WIth You", its great stuff.