There is the tab for the intro and the chords for the rest.
Intro: 1st Guitar: Am - Em - G - G
2nd Guitar:
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Verse 1:
Am Em G
The old man's been stealing
Am Em G
She's holding her grievance for a hundred-odd years
Am Em G
We all keep believing
Am Em G
That history repeats itself year after year
Verse 2:
Am Em G Am
All I fear's that the future is worse
Am Em G Am
We have to give in to the hundred-year curse
Am Em G Am
Sweat in the sun like we're diggin' a grave
Am Em G Am
Dig deep enough and our fortune we'll save
Am Em G Am
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Am Em G Am
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Am Em G Am
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Am Em G Am
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
Am Em G
Chasin' the skirt of a beautiful wife
Am Em G
You make mistakes and it's my back that breaks
Am Em G
And forever my past steals my life
Am Em G
To submission I'm beat but there's hope beneath these feet
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fiction_plane/if_only_tab_ver_2.html ]
Am Em G Am
Blisters and blood and the sun makes you blind
Am Em G Am
You don't let it eat 'til it can't help but be kind
Am Em G Am
'Cause you know what's important with your back to the wall
Am Em G Am
You can break metal chains when your friends don't let you fall
Am Em G Am
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Am Em G Am
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Am Em G Am
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Am Em G Am
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
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B|------1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0-------3-------3-----------|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------------|
D|--2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------------|
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I'm a sword but I find myself blunt
And that is no use when I'm fighting my history, fighting my history
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B|------1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0-------3-------3-----------|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------------|
D|--2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------------|
A|0-------0-------3-------3-------2-------2---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------3-------3-----------------|
I have no blade, I'm more like a feather
That is no use when I' m fighting my history, fighting my history
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B|------1-------1-------1-------1-------0-------0-------3-------3-----------|
G|----2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------------|
D|--2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---------------|
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I have no blade, I'm more like a feather
But I can't fly away when I'm fighting myself
Am Em G Am
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Am Em G Am
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Am Em G Am
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Am Em G Am
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
Am Em G Am
"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
Am Em G Am
"The bark on the trees was as soft as the skies,"
Am Em G Am
As the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
Am Em G Am
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if only."
