Allister
If You Didn't Mean It
Life Behind Machines
2012
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B -    x24442
F# -   244322
G#m -  466444
E -    022100
C#m -  x46654
B/Eb - x698xx

Intro: B-E-G#m-F#- x4

Verse 1:
E (022100@1) When everything that
B (x2444x@1)             F#comes (244322@1)from your mouth is
E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1) Overwhelmingly sarcastic
E (022100@1) It's time to lower
B (x2444x@1)    F#your (244322@1)defense Cause
   C#mif (x13321@4)you keep going on
          B/Eb (x2544x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
like this I'll never
     F#know (244322@1)what to believe

Chorus 1:
B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4) If you didn't mean
        F#it (244322@1)then why did you
B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
say it? whoooa whoooa
B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1) If it's what you 
G#m (133111@4)     F#want (244322@1)then why all the
B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
games? whoooa whoooa
E (022100@1) At the edge of
what I can take
        F#And (244322@1)the least you
          F#(Hold)
can do is give it
              B-E-G#m-F#- x2
to me straight

Verse 2:
E (022100@1) When everything
   B (x2444x@1)     F#is (244322@1)life or death
E (022100@1) Your words have started
B (x2444x@1)    F# (244322@1)    Elosing (022100@1)their effect
I can't keep being
B (x2444x@1)       F#forced (244322@1)to guess
         C#mCause (x13321@4)if you keep
going on like this
B/Eb E
I'll never know
     F#what (244322@1)to believe

Chorus 2:
B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4) If you didn't mean
        F#it (244322@1)then why did you
B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
say it? whoooa whoooa
B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1) If it's what you 
G#m (133111@4)     F#want (244322@1)then why all the
B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
games? whoooa whoooa
E (022100@1) At the edge of
what I can take
        F#And (244322@1)the least you
          F#(Hold)
can do is give it
to me straight

Bridge:
E (022100@1)                  F# (244322@1) And as the camera runs out
                     EThe (022100@1)picture comes in clear
                     F#I (244322@1)guess we've always known
                 Epretended (022100@1)not to seeing
                    F#we (244322@1)both just wanted someone
                         Eto (022100@1)find a little comfort in
But if we can't keep passed
F# (244322@1)                     E--B-F#
this by now we never will
   C#mIf (x13321@4)You keep going on like this
B/Eb (x2544x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E               F#I'll (244322@1)never know what to believe
    C#mI'm (x13321@4)never gonna understand
B/Eb (x2544x@1)name="chord_022100@1">E                     F#If (244322@1)  you won't ever let me in

Chorus 3:
B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4) If you didn't mean
        F#it (244322@1)then why did you
B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
say it? whoooa whoooa
B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1) If it's what you 
G#m (133111@4)     F#want (244322@1)then why all the
B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
games? whoooa whoooa
B (x2444x@1)      E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4) If you didn't mean
        F#it (244322@1)then why did you
B (x2444x@1)        E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
say it? whoooa whoooa
B (x2444x@1)  E (022100@1) If it's what you 
G#m (133111@4)     F#want (244322@1)then why all the
B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244322@1">F#
games? whoooa whoooa
E (022100@1) At the edge of
what I can take
        F#And (244322@1)the least you
          F#(Hold)
can do is give it
to me straight