Nine Days
If I Am
The Madding Crowd
2000
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
BM7 - x24342
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
A - x02220
F#/Bb - x143xx
E/G# - 476xxx
Verse 1:
B BM7
So your standing on a ledge
It looks like you
G#m
might fall So far down
A
Or maybe you were
E/G# B
thinking about jumping
BM7
Now you could have it all
G#m
If you learned a little patience
A
For though I cannot fly
E/G# B
I'm not content to crawl
BM7
So give me a little credit
G#m
Have in me a little faith
A
I want to be with you forever
E/G# E
If tomorrow's not too late
F#
But it's always too late
G#m
when you've got nothing
B
So you say
E F#
But you should never let
C#m
the sun set on tomorrow
E(hold)
Before the sun rises today
Guitar 2: at "But it's always..."
e|-11-------11-------9-------9-------11-------11-------11-------11----------|
B|----12-------12------11------11-------12-------12-------12-------14-14----|
G|-------11-------11------11------11-------11-------11-------11----------11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-11-------11-------9-------9-------11-------11-----------|
B|----12-------12------11------11-------12-------12-----12-|
G|-------11-------11------11------11-------11-------11-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 1:
B F#
If I am
E
Another waste of
B G#m
everything you dreamed of
F# E
I will let you down
B F#
If I am
E
Only here to
B G#m
watch as you suffer
F# E
I will let you down
Guitar Solo: B--F#--G#m--A---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------11--11h12--12-12--14\12-12\11----------------|
G|---11----11---11-11h13--------------------------------14\13--13--11--|
D|-9----9-----9--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_days/if_i_am_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse 2:
B F#
So your walking on the edge
G#m
And you wait your turn to fall
But you're so far gone
A
That you don't see the
E/G# B
hands upheld to catch you
F#
And you could find the fault
In the heart that
G#m
you've been handed!
A
But though you cannot fly
E/G# E
You're not content to crawl
F#
And it's always too late
G#m
when you've got nothing
B
So you say!
E F#
But you should never
C#m
let the sun set on tomorrow
E
Before the sun rises
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: F#-B--F#--G#m-F#/Bb-G#m-
F#---E(Hold)
Guitar 2: Solo
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------11--11h12--12-12--14--14-12--------------------|
G|---11----11---11-11h13-------------------------------------------------|
D|-9----9-----9-------------------------------------------------11-13-14-|
A|----------------------------------------------------11-13-14-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------11--11-----11---------------------------------|
B|-12-------11----12/14--14---------14----14--14--12----12----11----9-----|
G|----11-11----11------------------------------------------------------11-|
D|----------------------------------------------------9-----9-----9-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
B BM7
So you're standing on a ledge
G#m E---F#--
It looks like you might fall
Chorus 2:
B F#
The answers we find
E B
Are never what we had in mind
G#m F# E
So we make it up as we go along
B F#
You donīt talk of dreams
E B
I won't mention tomorrow
G#m F#
We won't make those promises
E
that we can't keep
Outro:
B F# E B
I will never leave you
G#m F# E
I will not let you down
B F# E B
I will never leave you
G#m F# E(hold)
I will not let you down
Guitar 2: at Outro
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|----11h12-11h12-11h12-----11h12--11h12-----|
G|-11--------------------11---------------11-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------16-|
B|----11h12-11h12-11h12-----11h12--11h12-----|
G|-11--------------------11------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
