If I Were You chords by Nothing But Thieves

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
          F#m
If I were you, I'd treat them better
          F#m
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
            F#m
It's comin' soon, I'd pull it together
                F#m
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time
          F#m   G  A
If I were you

F#m   G  A
F#m   G  A
F#m   G  A
F#m  F#m A

Verse 1:
                    F#m
Oh, tell me how it feels, conspiracy cadet
G            A      F#m
Wound up like a cassette, the tape about to shed
G     Em       F#m
If chaos is a ladder, hell is heaven sent
G       A            F#m                              F#m  Em
Keep pullin' at the thread while cashin' in the cheque


Pre-Chorus:
F#m       A
No tellin' what I'd do
G#5       G
With my hands stuck on you
F#m       A
No tellin' what I'd do
G#5      G*
With my hands


Chorus:
F#m                                  G
If I were you, I'd treat them better
   A      F#m                         G
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
     A      F#m                       G
It's comin' soon, I'd pull it together
          A       F#m                   F#m
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time
   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd treat them better
   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
        A         F#m                         G
You'll get what's due, I'd square the vendetta
          A       F#m              F#m
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time


Verse 2:
 A                  F#m
Think you're pretty wily, blowin' up the sun?
     A           F#m
Confuse a loaded question with a smokin' gun
G    Em               F#m
You move like Dunning-Kruger, truth is overdone
G   A             F#m                     F#m Em
A father like his son, look after number one, yeah


Pre-Chorus:
F#m       A
No tellin' what I'd do
G#5       G
With my hands stuck on you
F#m       A
No tellin' what I'd do
G#5      G*
With my hands


Chorus:
F#m                                  G
If I were you, I'd treat them better
   A      F#m                         G
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
     A      F#m                       G
It's comin' soon, I'd pull it together
          A       F#m                   F#m
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time
   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd treat them better
   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
        A         F#m                         G
You'll get what's due, I'd square the vendetta
          A       F#m              F#m
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time


C#  D  F# F#m
C#  D  A  G

Bridge:
C# D F#               F#m
     Some don't care about the ones they hurt
C# D A                G
     Some just wanna see the planet burn
C# D F# F#m                  C#
          They'll come for you
D                 A                     G            N.C
They'll come for you, they'll come for you, they'll come for you
          F#m   G A
If I were you

F#m  G  A
F#m  G  A
F#m F#m

Chorus:

   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd treat them better
   A      F#m                        G
If I were you, I'd settle the weather
        A         F#m                         G
You'll get what's due, I'd square the vendetta
          A       F#m              F#m        A
Yeah, get it together, it's a matter of time

F#m  G  A
F#m  G  A
F#m  G  A
F#m F#m

************************************

 * = strum once

************************************