If This Was A Movie Tab by Taylor Swift

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

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:         E           Asus2         Bsus4          C#m7
        e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|e|-----0-----|
        A|-----0-----|A|-----0-----|A|-----0-----|A|-----0-----|
        D|-----1-----|D|-----2-----|D|-----4-----|D|-----6-----|
        G|-----2-----|G|-----2-----|G|-----4-----|G|-----6-----|
        B|-----2-----|B|-----0-----|B|-----2-----|B|-----4-----|
        E|-----0-----|E|-----x-----|E|-----x-----|E|-----x-----|

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

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Intro:
e|--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|4---4---4---4---4---4---|
G|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

Verse 1:
Last night I heard my own heart beating
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|0-----------------|
E|------------------|

Sounded like footsteps on my stairs
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Six months gone and I'm still reaching
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|4-----------------|
E|------------------|

Even though I know you're not there
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

I was playing back a thousand memories, baby
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|0-----------------|
E|------------------|

Thinkin' 'bout everything we've been through
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Maybe I've been going back too much lately
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|4-----------------|
E|------------------|

When time stood still and I had you
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Chorus:
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4                C#m7             Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4                C#m7            Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4            C#m7             Asus2
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|0-----------------|
E|------------------|

But I remember how it was back then
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Locked up in your arms and our friends were laughing
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|4-----------------|
E|------------------|

Cause nothing like this ever happened to them
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Now I'm pacing down the hall, chasing down your street
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|0-----------------|
E|------------------|

Flashback to the night when you said to me
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

That "nothing's gonna change, not for me and you"
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|4-----------------|
E|------------------|

Not before I knew how much I had to lose
e|--0---0---0---0---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----4---4---4---4-|
G|------------------|
B|2-----------------|
E|------------------|

Chorus:
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4                C#m7             Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4                C#m7            Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4            C#m7             Asus2
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

Bridge:
E                                        C#m7
If you're out there, if you're somewhere, if you're moving on
Asus2                     C#m7
I've been waiting for you everyday since you've been gone
Bsus4
I just want it back the way it was before
    C#m7                           Bsus4 C#m7 Asus2
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|0-----------------|
D|1-----------------|
G|x-----------------|
B|x-----------------|
E|0-----------------|

You would before you said it's not that easy
e|0-----------------|
A|0-----------------|
D|2-----------------|
G|x-----------------|
B|0-----------------|
E|x-----------------|

Before the fight, before I locked you out"
e|0----------------0-----------------0----------------|
A|0----------------0-----------------0----------------|
D|4----------------6-----------------2----------------|
G|x----------------x-----------------x----------------|
B|2----------------4-----------------0----------------|
E|x----------------x-----------------x----------------|

      Bsus4 (staccato strum)
But I take it all back now

Chorus:
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You would, you would if this was a movie
Bsus4                C#m7             Asus2
Stand in the rain outside till I came out
E
Come back, come back, come back to me like
Asus2
You could, you could if you just said you're sorry
Bsus4                C#m7            Asus2
I know that we could work it out somehow
       Bsus4            C#m7
But if this was a movie you'd be here by now

Outro:
You'd be here by now
e|---0-------0--------|
A|--4---4---4---4-----|
D|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G|4-------4-----------|
B|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

It's not the kind of ending you want to see now
e|---0-------0--------|
A|--4---4---4---4-----|
D|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G|4-------4-----------|
B|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Baby, what about the ending?
e|---0-------0--------|
A|--4---4---4---4-----|
D|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G|4-------4-----------|
B|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Oh, I thought you'd be here by now
e|---0-------0--------|
A|--4---4---4---4-----|
D|-4-----4-4-----4----|
G|4-------4-----------|
B|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

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

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