• Song:

    If I Only Had The Heart

  • Artist:

    The Maine

  • Album:

    The Way We Talk

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Hello! This is my first tab. I am merely combining what I've learned from videos and the 
(limited) tabs across the internet, into a simple chord sheet for people to get the 
jist of the song. To figure out the rhythm, listen to the song. Hope you enjoy!

(Side Note: When I play, I use B5, C#5, D#5, E5. Whether you use these or not is up to 
you. I feel it sounds better "my" way)

Capo 4 (All chords are relevant to the capo)

This:

e|---0-------0-------0-------0---|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-2-----2/4-----4/6-----6/1-----|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

is played over the first four lines of the song. It is played again during the song, so 
I will refer to it as IR1 (Intro Riff 1)



IR1
I fell asleep last night (I fell asleep last night)
IR1
But I woke up too late (I woke up too late)
IR1
And everything I loved (Everything I loved)
IR1
Oh I begin to hate

E (022100@1)                         AI (x02220@1)know I sound repetitive
                      ECause (022100@1)I'm repeating myself
                      BAnd (x2444x@1)I'm competitive
                          EI (022100@1)want you all by yourself
                  A (x02220@1)                EAnd (022100@1)that alone is just the problem
(E)
I've got these woes
  BI (x2444x@1)just can't solve them
           E (022100@1)                   AIf (x02220@1)I could gather up the nerve
           E (022100@1)            BI'd (x2444x@1)put my feelings into words
         E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)                   EAnd (022100@1)if I weren't so young, or stupid, or restless
                    BI (x2444x@1)might be able to just soon forget this
C# (x43121@1)    B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)                C# (x43121@1)      Eb (x43121@3)     EJust (022100@1)forget this, just forgive this, just forget this

E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)           C#Please (x43121@1)just forget me
         B (x2444x@1)     AWhen (x02220@1)I'm out all alone on the east coast
E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)          C#Please (x43121@1)don't forgive me
            B (x2444x@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)you're home all alone
                      E (022100@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)you need me most
                         E (022100@1)   BOh, (x2444x@1)and you need me most
Yeah, when you need me most

E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)                AOh, (x02220@1)if I only had the heart
             E (022100@1)                 BTo (x2444x@1)find out exactly who you are
(You know I'd try now)
    EBut (022100@1)it's just fine
    ANo (x02220@1)you can't save me
        EIt's (022100@1)no fault but mine
BPlease (x2444x@1)just blame me

E (022100@1)                   AIf (x02220@1)I could gather up the nerve
           E (022100@1)            BI'd (x2444x@1)put my feelings into words
         E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)                   EAnd (022100@1)if I weren't so young, or stupid, or restless
                    BI (x2444x@1)might be able to just soon forget this
C# (x43121@1)    B (x2444x@1)     A (x02220@1)                C# (x43121@1)      B (x2444x@1)      AJust (x02220@1)forget this, just forgive this, just forget this

E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)           C#Please (x43121@1)just forget me
         B (x2444x@1)     AWhen (x02220@1)I'm out all alone on the east coast
E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)          C#Please (x43121@1)don't forgive me
            B (x2444x@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)you're home all alone
                      E (022100@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)you need me most
                         E (022100@1)   BOh, (x2444x@1)and you need me most
Yeah, when you need me most

E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B(x2) (x2444x@1)
A (hold)

Riff 2 (R2):
     S S T. S S S W (W)
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||--4-4-x--4---4-2-(2)----||    (T. = Dotted 32nd)
D||--2-2-x--4---4-2-(2)----||
A||--4-4-x--2---2-0-(0)----||
E||------------------------||

R2
Oh, if I only had the heart (x4)

R2
Oh, if I only had the heart. The nerve, the words,
      R2
You'd think by now, I would have learned
         R2
Oh, if I only had the heart. The nerve, the words,
      R2
You'd think by now, I would have learned

IR1
Please just forget me
IR1
When I'm out all alone on the east coast
IR1
And please don't forgive me
IR1
When you're home all alone
                      E (022100@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)you need me most
                   E (022100@1)     BYeah, (x2444x@1)you need me most
Oh, and you need me most

E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)This is my adaptation of the song. Feel free to change it around and play it the way you 
like it. Hope this helps!

-PinealOptics
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