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If We Were Vampires Tab by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

If We Were Vampires tab by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

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   Em             Am             Am              C

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🎸 Verse:

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                  Am             Em             F
1. It's  not the long, flowing  dress that your in ...
2. If we were    vampires and   death was a     joke

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1.       Or the  light  coming  off   of your  skin ....
2.       W'ed go out on the     side-walk and  smoke

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   F              Am             Am             Em
1. The   fragile heart you pro--tected for so   long ...
2.             Laugh at all the lovers and their plans

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   Em             Am             Am               C
1.       Or the  mercy in your sense of right and wrong ...
2.          I   wouldnt feel the need to hold your hand

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                  Am              Em             F
1. It's not your hands searching  slow  in the   dark ...
2.        Maybe  time   running   out   is  a    gift

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   F              Am             Em             F
1.       Or your  nails leaving  love's water - mark ....
2.      I'll work hard  til the  end  of my     shift

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1. It's  not the  way   you      talk me off the roof ...
2.            And give you every second  I can   find

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   Em             Am              Am             C
1.       Your    questions like directions to the truth...
2,       And     hope it isn't  me thats left be-hind.

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🎸 Chorus:

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E|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
                   F                F                C
           It's   knowing that this cant go on for - ever ...

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D|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-3------3------|-3-------3------|-3--------3-----|---------------|
E|---------------|----------------|----------------|-3------3------|
   F               F                C                G
   Likely one of   us will have to spend some days a-lone

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E|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
   F               F                Am               Am     Am
   Maybe we'll get for-ty years to-gether                   But ...


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D|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|-3------3------|-3-------3------|-3------3------|
E|-3-------3------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
   G                F               F                C
  one day I'll be  gone,   or      one day you'll be gone...


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First time thru go to Verse 2.
Second time thru continue with interlude thru end.

🎸 Interlude:

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   G              G

🎸 Chorus:

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B|---------------|---1-------1----|---1-------1----|---1------1----|
G|---------------|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-----0------0--|
D|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|-3------3------|
E|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
                   F                F                C
           It's   knowing that this cant go on for - ever ...

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G|-----2------2--|-----2-------2--|-----0-------0--|-----0------0--|
D|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-3------3------|-3-------3------|-3--------3-----|---------------|
E|---------------|----------------|----------------|-3------3------|
   F               F                C                G
   Likely one of   us will have to spend some days a-lone

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D|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-3-----3-------|-3-------3------|-0-------0------|-0------0------|
E|---------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
   F               F                Am               Am     Am
   Maybe we'll get for-ty years to-gether                   But ...

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D|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
A|----------------|-3------3------|-3-------3------|-3------3------|
E|-3-------3------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
   G                F               F                C
  one day I'll be  gone,   or      one day you'll be gone...


🎸 Outro:

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A|-3-----3------|-0-----0------|-2-----2------|-3------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
   F              Am             Em             F

Published: March 23, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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