Song: If Work Permits
Artist: The Format
Album: Dog Problems (2006)(Track 12)
Tabbed by: Brandon Karcic

Last song on the album. My personal favorite.

INTRO / THE VERSE WHERE SHE CHEATED ON HIM

E (022100@1)ESo (022100@1)the wind that blows across your room,
  A (x02220@1)     
Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser,
                E (022100@1)                            
It rained for jewelery and for credit cards,
      A (x02220@1)                    ETwo (022100@1)tickets to a film I don't remember,
      A (x02220@1)                        
One day you'll kiss your rabbit's nose, pick up the phone,
                        ETo (022100@1)find I've been turned over,
     AYou (x02220@1)grab that piece of gold,
                                       EOnly (022100@1)to find that the smell has taken over,
                      AAnd (x02220@1)all the things you had,
                  B7They (x21202@1)aren't the same
              EAs (022100@1)what you hold

ENow (022100@1)I'm standin' in a room,
                     AThat's (x02220@1)filled with older folks,
                     E (022100@1)
They're pleading baby listen,
         E (022100@1)          
And I scream as loud as anyone,
           ABut (x02220@1)when asked to make a point,
           EI (022100@1)tend to whisper
     ANow (x02220@1)highways turn to tidal waves,
                                            EAnd (022100@1)they're asking me to export all of your insecurities,
           ABut (x02220@1)that wind that blows across your room, it's gonna set the sails,
                     E (022100@1)  B7And (x21202@1)send me back to you, ooh,



CHORUS - THE MELLOW ONE
E (022100@1)Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,
A (x02220@1)Think twice, about where they're anchorin'
    E (022100@1)And I think, I could make better use,
A (x02220@1)Of my time on land,
       E (022100@1)I'll drink less,

Cause Lord knows I could use a,
A (x02220@1)Warm kiss instead of a cold goodbye
F# (244322@1)I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
A (x02220@1)Hey I'm doing all right

THE BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3

EA
E A B
EA
E A B

THE VERSE WHERE HE RECOUNTS A DARK CHILDHOOD MEMORY

E (022100@1)                   AIt's (x02220@1)a shame what your father did,
         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)      BTo (x2444x@1)your brothers head, he smashed it with the
 E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)  EA BTelephone (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)                 
Your mother got scared and locked the door,
           E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)   E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)You were only four, but Lord, you remember it,
C#mB                A (x02220@1)       
    So now you're scared of love
                                                             EI'm (022100@1)here to tell you love's not some fucking blood on the receiver
           ALove (x02220@1)is speaking in code
                                      EIt's (022100@1)an inside joke, love is coming home

CHORUS - THE NOT MELLOW ONE

E (022100@1)Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,
A (x02220@1)Think twice, about where they're anchorin'
    E (022100@1)And I think, I could make better use,
A (x02220@1)Of my time on land,
       E (022100@1)I'll drink less,

Cause Lord knows I could use a,
A (x02220@1)Warm kiss, Instead of a cold goodbye
F# (244322@1)I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
A (x02220@1)Hey I

THE VERSE WHERE HE'S OVER HER

EYeah (022100@1)I'm doing alright
                      AYeah (x02220@1)I'm doin' just fine
             F# (244322@1)                          AAn' (x02220@1)if she seems as lonely as me, Let her sink
                  EYeah (022100@1)I'm doin' alright,
                     AYeah (x02220@1)I'm doin' just fine,
            F#An' (244322@1)if she seems as lonely as me, let her,
  ASink, (x02220@1)you let her, sink, well let her!

THE SECOND BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3 AGAIN / OUTRO

EA
E A B
EA
E A B
EA
E A B
EA
E B A

Finish the album with loud grinding feedback