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Jack Steadman / Bombay Bicycle Club - If I Could
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Tabbed by: Harry Yeates
E-mail: HarryYeates@gmail.com
I'm posting this mainly to clear some stuff up, and because It's the most accurate tab
of this song. First things first, THIS IS NOT A BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB SONG! "If I Could"
was written by Jack Steadman (lead guitarist and vocalist from Bombay Bicycle Club),
when he was 14 years old, pre-Bombay. He had his own solo project and released plenty of songs
before forming Bombay Bicycle Club. Search on YouTube, Jack Steadman - If I Could, and
you'll find most of his self-released early stuff.
Over the course of a week, I managed to learn and finally write this tab for the whole
song. I am posting it here as Bombay Bicycle Club rather than Jack Steadman in the hope
that more people will find it and learn the track, as I have seen on YouTube many people
wanting to learn the track. Here you go folks, enjoy!
Tuning:
Standard
e
B
G
D
A
e
/ = Hammer-on
VERSE / INTRO
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------4------------------------0-----------------------------------|
D|--------0--------0-----0---------4--------4----4---------------------------|
A|---0/2--------------2--------0/2-------------2-----------------------------|
E|-----------3------------------------0--------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------2------------------------0-----------------------------------|
D|--------0--------0-----0---------4--------4-----4--------------------------|
A|---0/2--------------2--------0/2-------------2-----------------------------|
E|-----------3------------------------0--------------------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS (Same bit as the verse, but with a little twist as it goes into the chorus)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bombay_bicycle_club/if_i_could_tab_ver_3.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4--------4-----4---------------------------------------------------|
A|---0/2--------------2-----2------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------0-----------------0---------------------------------------------|
CHORUS
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----7-----7--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----7-----7--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----5-----5-----------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----0--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----------------------------|
AND THEN BACK INTO THE VERSE, ETC.
Contact me via email if you need any information on finger positioning or more!
