• 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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D5            A5
  If I were you 
              C5           G5       D5
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D5                     A5
  The first thing I'd do 
              C5          G5          D5
  Is thank the stars for all that I am 
              A5 - C#5 - C5 - G5
  If I were you 


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Verse 2  |  
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A5                        
  Look at what's around you now 
C#5
  More than you ever dreamed 
A5                              C5               G5
  Have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be? 
A5                         C#5
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A5                            C5              G5  
  That all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
   C5                 D5   (keep playing D5 )  
It happens all the time 


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Chorus:  | 
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D5            A5
  If I were you 
              C5           G5       D5
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D5                     A5
  The first thing I'd do 
            C5       G5 
  Is thank the stars above 
          C5       G5
  tell the ones I love
           D5
  that i do
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Bridge: | 
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                 F5
  Yeah if I were you 
  G5                       A5 
  Wohoo, yeah if I were you 
              F5
  If I were you 
  G5           A5 - C#5 ;4x
  Wohoo, If I were you

Coda:
A5                        C#5
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 
A5                          C5               G5  
  It all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
  C5                    D5    (keep playing D5 )
  It happens all the time 


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Chorus:  | 
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D5            A5
  If I were you 
              C5           G5     D5
  Holding the world right in my hands 
D5                     A5
  The first thing I'd do 
               C5       G5  
  Is thank the stars above 
          C5       G5
  For the words I love
         G#5         Bb5        C5 
  Take a breath and enjoy the view 
         G#5        Bb5      C5    
  Live the life that I wanna do 
         G#5
  If I were you 
        Bb5
  If I were you 
        C5
  If I were you
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