If It Means Alot To You Acoustic Chords & Tabs
If It Means Alot To You Acoustic Chords
Standard tuning [E, A, D, G, B, E]
Capo 3
The notes are relative to the capo.
This is a great song, and found the intro by request, and wanted to do more than just
intro, so I thought I'd try and figure it out. :].
Chords:
Em [022000]
G [320033]
D/F# [200233]
Em7 [022033]
Cadd9 [x32033]
D [xx0232]
Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-h4p2-----2-h4p2----------2-h4p2-------------------------|
D|---------5-2--------5-2--5-5--------5-2--4h5-5p4-4-4-5-4-4--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-/3\1-0-----1-/3\1-0----3-3--1-/3\1-0-------------------------|
G|--2-/4\2-0-0---2-/4\2-0-0--0-0--2-/4\2-0-0--2-4-4-2-2-2-4-2-2----|
D|-----------2------------2----------------2--4-5-5-4-4-4-5-4-4----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em G
And hey darling
D/F# Em7
I hope you're good tonight
G D/F#
And I know you don't feel right when I'm leaving
Em7
Yeah I want it but no I don't need it
G D/F# Em
Tell me something sweet to get me by
G D/F#
'Cuz I can't come back home till they're singing
(Palm mute the lowest 3 strings of the chord)
Cadd9 D/F# Em
La, la la la,la la la
'Til everyone is singing
G D/F#
If you can wait till I get home
Em
Then I swear to you
Cadd9
That we can make this last
(La la la)
G D/F#
If you can wait till I get home
Em
Then I swear come tomorrow
Cadd9
This will all be in the past
D
Well it might be for the best
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/a_day_to_remember/if_it_means_alot_to_you_acoustic_crd.html ]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--1-/3\1-0-----1-/3\1-0----3-3--1-/3\1-0-------------------------|
G|--2-/4\2-0-0---2-/4\2-0-0--0-0--2-/4\2-0-0--2-4-4-2-2-2-4-2-2----|
D|-----------2------------2----------------2--4-5-5-4-4-4-5-4-4----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em G
And hey sweetie
D/F# Em7
Well I need you here tonight
G D/F#
And I know that you don't want to be leaving me
Em7
Yeah you want it but I can't help it
G D/F# Em7
I just feel complete when you're by my side
G D/F#
But I know you can't come home 'til they're singing
(Palm mute the lowest 3 strings of the chord)
Cadd9 D/F# Em7
La, la la la,la la la
'Til everyone is singing
Cadd9 D/F# G
La, la la la,la la la
G D/F#
If you can wait till I get home
Em
Then I swear to you
Cadd9
That we can make this last
(La la la)
G D/F#
If you can wait till I get home
Em
Then I swear come tomorrow
Cadd9
This will all be in the past
D Cadd9
Well it might be for the best
Cadd9 G
You know you can't give me what I need
G Em7
And even though you mean so much to me
Em7 D/F#
I can't wait through everything
D/F#
Is this really happening
(palm mute this part)
Cadd9 G
I swear I'll never be happy again
Em7
And don't you dare say we can just be friends
D/F#
I'm not just some boy you can sway
D/F#
We knew it'd happen eventually
Cadd9 D/F# Em
La, la la la,la la la
G
Now everybody's singing
Cadd9 D/F# Em
La, la la la,la la la
Repeat the last part as many times as necessary.
Plenty of practice, enjoy! :].
I apologize for all of the corrections I had to make during the approval process, I was
distracted when I was writing it originally, and missed some notes, and forgot a chord
two. It's correct now. :].
