• Song:

    If I Were You

  • Artist:

    Hoobastank

  • Album:

    Best Of

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Intro: A2 - C#m ; 2x


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Verse 1  |  One strum each
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       A2                      C#m
e | -----0-------------------- | ---4----------------------- | 
B | -----0-------------------- | ---5----------------------- | 
G | -----2-------------------- | ---6----------------------- | 
D | -----2-------------------- | ---6----------------------- |   
A | -----0-------------------- | ---4----------------------- | 
E | -------------------------- | --------------------------- | 
      
     You seem to find the dark, when everything is bright 


       A2                             C                   G 
e | -----0-------------------- | ---------0-------------------3-- | 
B | -----0-------------------- | ---------1-------------------3-- | 
G | -----2-------------------- | ---------0-------------------0-- | 
D | -----2-------------------- | ---------2-------------------0-- |   
A | -----0-------------------- | ---------3-------------------2-- | 
E | -------------------------- | ---------0-------------------3-- | 
                               
     You look for all that's wrong, instead of all that's right 

       A2                      C#m
e | -----0-------------------- | ---4----------------------- | 
B | -----0-------------------- | ---5----------------------- | 
G | -----2-------------------- | ---6----------------------- | 
D | -----2-------------------- | ---6----------------------- |   
A | -----0-------------------- | ---4----------------------- | 
E | -------------------------- | --------------------------- | 
      
      Does it feel good to you, to rain on my parade 

       A2                             C                   G 
e | -----0-------------------- | ---------0-------------------3-- | 
B | -----0-------------------- | ---------1-------------------3-- | 
G | -----2-------------------- | ---------0-------------------0-- | 
D | -----2-------------------- | ---------2-------------------0-- |   
A | -----0-------------------- | ---------3-------------------2-- | 
E | -------------------------- | ---------0-------------------3-- | 

       You never say a word,        unless it's to complain 

       
e | -----0-------------------- | ---2----------------------- | 
B | -----1-------------------- | ---3----------------------- | 
G | -----0-------------------- | ---2----------------------- | 
D | -----2-------------------- | ---0----------------------- |   
A | -----3-------------------- | ---X----------------------- | 
E | -----0-------------------- | ---X----------------------- | 
      
    It's driving me            insane 


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Chorus:  |  Strum here
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D            A
  If I were you 
              C           G       D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
              C          G          D
  Is thank the stars for all that I am 
              A - C#m - C - G
  If I were you 


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Verse 2  |  
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A2                        
  Look at what's around you now 
C#m
  More than you ever dreamed 
A2                              C               G
  Have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be? 
A2                         C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A2                            C              G  
  That all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
   C                 D   (keep playing D )  
It happens all the time 


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Chorus:  | 
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D            A
  If I were you 
              C           G       D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
            C       G 
  Is thank the stars above 
          C       G
  tell the ones I love
           D
  that i do
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Bridge: | 
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                 F
  Yeah if I were you 
  G                       A 
  Wohoo, yeah if I were you 
              F
  If I were you 
  G           A - C#m ;4x
  Wohoo, If I were you

Coda:
A2                        C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A2                          C               G  
  It all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
  C                    D    (keep playing D )
  It happens all the time 


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Chorus:  | 
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D            A
  If I were you 
              C           G     D
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
               C       G  
  Is thank the stars above 
          C       G
  For the words I love
         G#         Bb        C 
  Take a breath and enjoy the view 
         G#        Bb      C    
  Live the life that I wanna do 
         G#
  If I were you 
        Bb
  If I were you 
        C
  If I were you
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