If We Were Vampires tab by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit
Guitar Tab
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Intro: e|-3------------|-0-----0------|-0-----0------|-1-----1------| B|-0------------|---1-----1----|---0-----0----|---1-----1----| G|-0------------|-----2-----2--|-----0-----0--|-----2-----2--| D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| A|--------------|-0-----0------|-2-----2------|-3-----3------| E|-3------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| G Am Em F e|-1-----1------|-0-----0------|-0-----0------|-1------1-----| B|---1-----1----|---1-----1----|---0-----0----|---1------1---| G|-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--|-----0-----0--|-----2------2-| D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| A|-3-----3------|-0-----0------|-2-----2------|-3------3-----| E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| F Am Em F
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F Am Am Em
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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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F Am Em F
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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F Am Am Em
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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F F C
It's knowing that this cant go on for - ever ...
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F F C G
Likely one of us will have to spend some days a-lone
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F F Am Am Am
Maybe we'll get for-ty years to-gether But ...
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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 Am Em F
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F Am Em F
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F Am Am Em
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Em Am Am C
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🎸 Chorus:
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F F C
It's knowing that this cant go on for - ever ...
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F F C G
Likely one of us will have to spend some days a-lone
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F F Am Am Am
Maybe we'll get for-ty years to-gether But ...
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G F F C
one day I'll be gone, or one day you'll be gone...
🎸 Outro:
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G Am Em F
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