Blue October – What If We Could (Guitar)

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Chords

This is a modification of a Tab already for this song, but I saw a few discrepancies and decided to add in a bit to make it more suitable for a solo acoustic setting. Key: A minor Note for playing: The song sounds good either simply strumming the chords with the same timing and emphasis as in the Foiled album version OR fingerpicked playing the vocal melody within the chords. I choose the later but this is totally up to you. Just make sure your voice can handle it if you choose to sing.
Chords:
    Am  C   E  Dm   G  
e|--0--(0)--0---1---3---------|
B|--1---1---0---3---0---------|
G|--2---0---1---2---0---------|
D|--2---2---2---0---0---------|
A|--0---3---2--(0)--2---------|
E|----------0-------3---------|
During the Chorus, you may want to use these barre forms:
    Am    Dm    
e|-(5)----5-----|
B|--5-----6-----|
G|--5-----7-----|
D|--7-----7-----|
A|--7-----5-----|
E|--5----(5)----|
Intro : Let the notes ring a bit, play more towards the fretboard to get a nicer tone.
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5h6p5--5h6p5----5h6p5--5h6p5-----5--5h6p5--5h6---5--|
G|---------------7---------------7-5--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-(0)-------------(0)-----------------(0)----------(0)-|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Am
What if we could put our lives on

C
Hold and meet somewhere inside of the world

E                                   Am
I would meet you, would you meet me? 

Am
On a park bench, on a skyscrape

C
On a mountain, oh yeah, whatever it takes

E                                  Am
I would meet you, would you meet me?
Chorus:
Am                      Dm
I'm glad to say that we met

                          G                               E
I'm sad to say that the circumstances weren't on our side

      Am  Dm
So go on, go on be your own

G                      E
Go on be your own star
Verse 2:
Am
What if we could, where would we go?

C
And if it felt right, would you want me to know?

E                                   Am
I would meet you, would you meet me? (two, three, four)

           Am
It's like a last chance for a first dance

C
You're a sunrise, God, somehow exist!

E                                   Am
I would you meet, would you meet me?
Chorus:
Am                      Dm
I'm glad to say that we met

                          G                               E
I'm sad to say that the circumstances weren't on our side

      Am  Dm
So go on, go on be your own

G                      E
Go on be your own star
Bridge:
                          Dm    C   G                          
You're a superstar in my eyes

       Dm    C
In my eyes

            Dm    C   G
Look in my eyes

                 Dm       C        G
Just look in my eyes, my eyes, my eyes
Verse 3:
Am
What if we could put our lives on

C
Hold and meet somewhere inside of the world

E                                   Am
I would meet you, would you meet me? 

Am
On a park bench, on a skyscrape

C
On a mountain, oh yeah, whatever it takes

E                                  Am
I would meet you, would you meet me? 
Outro:
         Am
God, I would

         C
God, I would

E                                Am
I would meet you, would you meet me?

Am C  E                              Am*
       I would meet you, I would meet you
*End on this chord, let it ring out. Vocal Melody: This changes but just so you have it in case you want to fingerpick the entire thing. I won't tab that out because it's important you figure that out yourself. Verse:
b|--5-3-5--3--5-3-5--3--5-3-5--3--5-3-6-6-6-6-5--5-3-5--3--5-3-5-3-5--|