Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Note: The picking pattern throughout is an alternating quick bass note, high note except for the licks below.
Chords used:
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
C x 3 2 0 1 0
Dsus4 x 0 0 2 3 3
Em/A 0 0 2 0 0 0
G 3 2 0 0 0 3
[Intro] Em/A Bm C Em/A Bm C Em/A G Em/A G Dsus4: the lick is D|---0-2-0-------------------0-2-0---------------------| A|---------3-0-------0-------------3-0--------0--------| F|--------------0h2-----------------------0h2-----2----| C|-2-------------------2---2---------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------3-----------------------------|
[Verse]
Em/A Bm C It's not the long flowing dress that you're in Em/A Bm C Or the light coming off of your skin Em/A G The fragile heart you protected for so long Em/A G Dsus4 Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
[Verse]
Em/A Bm C It's not your hands, searching slow in the dark Em/A Bm C Or your nails leaving love's watermark Em/A G It's not the way you talk me off the roof Em/A G Dsus4 Your questions like directions to the truth
[Chorus]
C G It's knowing that this can't go on forever C G Dsus4 Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone C Em/A Maybe we'll get forty years together Dsus4 C Em/A Dsus4 But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
[Verse]
Em/A Bm C If we were vampires and death was a joke Em/A Bm C We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke Em/A G And laugh at all the lovers and their plans Em/A G Dsus4 I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
[Verse]
Em/A Bm C Maybe time running out is a gift Em/A Bm C I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift Em/A G To give you every second I can find Em/A G Dsus4 And hope it isn't me who’s left behind
[Chorus]
C G It's knowing that this can't go on forever C G Dsus4 Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone C Em/A Maybe we'll get forty years together Dsus4 C Em/A Dsus4 But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone [Interlude] Em/A Bm C Em/A Bm C Em/A G Em/A G Dsus4: the lick is D|---0-2-0-------------------0-2-0---------------------| A|---------3-0-------0-------------3-0--------0--------| F|--------------0h2-----------------------0h2-----2----| C|-2-------------------2---2---------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------3-----------------------------|
[Chorus]
C G It's knowing that this can't go on forever C G Dsus4 Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone C Em/A Maybe we'll get forty years together Dsus4 C Em/A Dsus4 But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
[Outro]
Em/A Bm C Em/A Bm C