Joe Bonamassa – If Heartaches Were Nickels (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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NOTE: Joe tunes down half step for this one. This is my first attempt at this. The split "/" chords represent bass notes over the chord used is a walk down or up. Intro: Am Dm Am E7 Verse 1:

                 Am        
I wish you could see me

Dm                    Am   Dm   Am   
all broken down this way 

                 Dm
but even if you saw me baby 

                                 Am     Am/G#
I know, I still couldnt make you stay 

           Am/G          Am/F#
I couldnt make you stay 

     F                                         Dm    Dm/E
you know about the high cost of living babe 

         F                G          Am
and someday you're gonna have to pay 

Dm                  Am   E7
  gonna have to pay

Verse 2: A woman like you needs all the finer things and I knew that from the start . . . right from the start I don’t have much to offer you baby Just this old broken heart . . .just this old broken heart baby If heartaches were nickels, I wouldn’t be crying, crying in the dark baby . . .

Am   Dm   Am   Am7 
   oh no I won’t

Chorus:

        Dm
Yes if wine and pills were hundred dollar bills 

        Am
    yeah I might keep you satisfied 

        Dm                            
    If broken dreams, were limousines, 

        E7 
          I might take you for a ride yeah

          Am   Am/B    Am/C       Am/D
All I can do,      is think of you 

    Dm                       F
and wish you were here by my side 

       C                Dm       
Yes if heartaches were nickels, 

F                  E7           Am     Dm    Am   E7
 I'd might be the richest fool alive

Instrumental: (Solo) 2 rounds of verse structure Chorus: