If Chords

by Bread
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Difficulty: advanced
Capo: no capo
Author Burnee [a] 298. Last edit on Oct 24, 2016
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Chords

Aadd2/E
AMaj7/E
G6/E
D6/E
Dm/E
A
E
F#m
F#m/F
F#m7
F#m6
Bm
BmMaj7
Bm7
E7

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If by Bread
Tabbed by Burnee
Lots of versions of this one on here but none of the chords sound right to me...
I think this is closer.
Key of A Major
Chords used
 Aadd2/E  AMaj7/E   G6/E   D6/E   Dm/E    A    E    F#m  F#m/F  F#m7  F#m6   Bm  BmMaj7 Bm7    E7
e|--0--------0--------0------0------0------0----0-----2----2------2-----2-----2----2------2-----0----|
B|--0--------5--------0------3------3------2----0-----2----2------2-----2-----3----3------3-----3----|
G|--6--------6--------4------4------2------2----1-----2----2------2-----2-----4----3------2-----1----|
D|--7--------6--------5------4------3------2----2-----4----3------2-----1-----4----4------4-----2----|
A|--7--------0--------5------0------0------0----2-----X----X------X-----X-----2----2------2-----2----|
E|--0--------0--------0------0------0------0----0-----X----X------X-----X-----X----X------X-----0----|
 
 
[Verse 1]
     Aadd2/E          AMaj7/E
If a picture paints a thousand words,
     G6/E              D6/E
then why can't I paint you?
    Dm/E               A         Dm/E           E
The words will never show, the you I've come to know.
 
 
[Verse 2]
     Aadd2/E             AMaj7/E
If a face could launch a thousand ships,
     G6/E          D6/E
then where am I to go?
   Dm/E               A             Dm/E               E
There's no one home but you, you're all that's left me too.
 
 
[Chorus]
    F#m      F#m/F   F#m7            F#m6
And when my love for life is running dry,
     Bm      BmMaj7 Bm7       E7
you come and pour yourself on me.
 
 
[Verse 3]
     Aadd2/E          AMaj7/E
If a man could be two places, 
       G6/E             D6/E
at one time,I'd be with you.
   Dm/E      A        Dm/E             E
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way.
 
 
[Verse 4]
       Aadd2/E           AMaj7/E
If the world should stop revolving, 
         G6/E           D6/E
spinning slowly down to die
    Dm/E               A        Dm/E               E
I'd spend the end with you, and when the world was through
 
 
[Chorus]
     F#m    F#m/F    F#m7               F#m6
Then one by one, the stars would all go out,
     Bm      BmMaj7  Bm7          E7
then you and I would simply fly a way
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boland1510
had to study it a bit but this is by far the best tab.
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