If This Was A Movie tab by Taylor Swift (Ver. 3)

Tabs with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:         E MajorE           Asus2Asus2         Bsus4Bsus4          C#m7C#m7
        e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|
        A augmentedA|-----0-----|A augmentedA|-----0-----|A augmentedA|-----0-----|A augmentedA|-----0-----|
        D MajorD|-----1-----|D MajorD|-----2-----|D MajorD|-----4-----|D MajorD|-----6-----|
        G+G|-----2-----|G+G|-----2-----|G+G|-----4-----|G+G|-----6-----|
        BB|-----2-----|BB|-----0-----|BB|-----2-----|BB|-----4-----|
        E MajorE|-----0-----|E MajorE|-----x-----|E MajorE|-----x-----|E MajorE|-----x-----|

*Notes*
During "Chorus: Variation," the tabs depicted are simply the chords used in the chorus - pluck the
strings indicated only once.

Intro:
e|--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|4---4---4---4---4---4---|
G+G|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|


Verse 1:
Last night I heard my own heart beating
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|0-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Six months gone and I'm still reaching
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|4-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Even though I know you're not there
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|0-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Thinkin' 'bout everything we've been through
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Maybe I've been going back too much lately
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|4-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

When time stood still and I had you
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Chorus:
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7             Asus2Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7            Asus2Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4Bsus4            C#m7C#m7             Asus2Asus2
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now


Verse 2:
I know people change and these things happen
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|0-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

But I remember how it was back then
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Locked up in your arms and our friends were laughing
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|4-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Cause nothing like this ever happened to them
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|0-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Flashback to the night when you said to me
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

That "nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|4-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|

Not before I knew how much I had to lose
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D MajorD|----4---4---4---4-|
G+G|------------------|
BB|2-----------------|
E MajorE|------------------|


Chorus:
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7             Asus2Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7            Asus2Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4Bsus4            C#m7C#m7             Asus2Asus2
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now


Bridge:
E MajorE                                        C#m7C#m7
If you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on
Asus2Asus2                     C#m7C#m7
I've been waiting for you everyday since you've been gone
Bsus4Bsus4
I just want it back the way it was before
    C#m7C#m7                           Bsus4Bsus4 C#m7C#m7 Asus2Asus2
And I just want to see you back at my front door


Chorus - Variation:
And I say "Come back, come back, come back to me like
e|0-----------------|
A augmentedA|0-----------------|
D MajorD|1-----------------|
G+G|x-----------------|
BB|x-----------------|
E MajorE|0-----------------|

You would before you said it's not that easy
e|0-----------------|
A augmentedA|0-----------------|
D MajorD|2-----------------|
G+G|x-----------------|
BB|0-----------------|
E MajorE|x-----------------|

Before the fight, before I locked you out"
e|0----------------0-----------------0----------------|
A augmentedA|0----------------0-----------------0----------------|
D MajorD|4----------------6-----------------2----------------|
G+G|x----------------x-----------------x----------------|
BB|2----------------4-----------------0----------------|
E MajorE|x----------------x-----------------x----------------|

      Bsus4Bsus4 (staccato strum)
But I take it all back now


Chorus:
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7             Asus2Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E MajorE
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4Bsus4                C#m7C#m7            Asus2Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4Bsus4            C#m7C#m7
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now


Outro:
You'd be here by now
e|---0-------0--------|
A augmentedA|--4---4---4---4-----|
D MajorD|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G+G|4-------4-----------|
BB|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

It's not the kind of ending you want to see now
e|---0-------0--------|
A augmentedA|--4---4---4---4-----|
D MajorD|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G+G|4-------4-----------|
BB|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Baby, what about the ending?
e|---0-------0--------|
A augmentedA|--4---4---4---4-----|
D MajorD|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G+G|4-------4-----------|
BB|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Oh, I thought you'd be here by now
e|---0-------0--------|
A augmentedA|--4---4---4---4-----|
D MajorD|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G+G|4-------4-----------|
BB|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Thought you'd be here by now
e|---0-------0--------|
A augmentedA|--4---4---4---4-----|
D MajorD|-4-----4-4-----4----| (fades out as she ad-libs)
G+G|4-------4-----------|
BB|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|

Other versions of If This Was A Movie

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for If this was a movie (Ver. 3) by Taylor Swift