Simple Plan – I Wont Be There (Guitar)

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

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[Intro] * w/ GUITAR RIFF, see below N.C. | | E5 | A5 C#5 B5 | E5 B5 | A5 B5 | E5 B5 | A5 B5 | C#5 B5 | A5 B5 | C#5 | A5 C#5 B5 | * GUITAR RIFF *

E |--------17----16----14------|--------17----14----16------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |-----16----16----16----16---|--14h16----16----16----16---|  5x
D |--14------------------------|----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|

  |--------17----16----14------|--------------------------16------------------------||
  |----------------------------|--------17----------17h19-------------19------------||
  |-----16----16----16----16---|--14h16---------------------------------------------||
  |--14------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
  |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
  |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||

[Verse 1]

E5
I don't wanna make this

Harder than I have to

E                     A
This is how it has to be

           E                     F#m
There's so many things I want to say

                   A
But you just don't listen to me

[Pre-Chorus]

E5                 B5
I don't wanna hurt you

A5                   B5
You don't wanna hurt me

E5            B5
I can't stand you

    A5              B5
And you can't stand me

   E5
We can't rearrange

B5        F#5
You could never change me

A5
Say goodbye

Nothing I say could change your mind because... [Chorus]

E5      B5
I can't stay

A5                 E5    B5
  Tomorrow I'll be on my way

A5                   E5      B5       F#
  So don't expect to find me sleeping in my bed

       Asus2
'Cause when you wake up

B5
  I won't be there

[Interlude] * w/ GUITAR RIFF (1st 4 measures), see above

E5     B5 | A5           B5 |
              I won't be there

E5 B5 | A5 B5 | [Verse 2]

E5
Everything I say

You find a way to make it

E                          A
Sound like I was born just yesterday

    E
And everything you taught me

F#m
Doesn't mean a thing

       A
So I'm going my way

[Pre-Chorus]

E5                 B5
I don't wanna hurt you

A5                   B5
You don't wanna hurt me

E5            B5
I can't stand you

    A5              B5
And you can't stand me

   E5
We can't rearrange

B5        F#5
You could never change me

A5
Say goodbye

Nothing I say could change your mind because... [Chorus]

E5      B5
I can't stay

A5                 E5    B5
  Tomorrow I'll be on my way

A5                   E5      B5       F#
  So don't expect to find me sleeping in my bed

       Asus2
'Cause when you wake up

I won't be there [Bridge] A(9) | E/G# | A(9)

B(4)              A(9)
  This is the last___ night

       E/G#          F#11
That I spend at home

                      Asus2
And it won't take too long

             Asus2/B
For you to notice

           Asus2/C#            B(4)
Won't take long for you to find___ out

         E5   B5 |    C#5 A5 B5 |
That I'm gone

[Chorus]

E5      B5
I can't stay

A5                 E5    B5
  Tomorrow I'll be on my way

A5                   E5      B5       F#
  So don't expect to find me sleeping in my bed

       Asus2
'Cause when you wake up

B5
  I won't be there

E5      B5
I can't stay

A5                 E5    B5
  Tomorrow I'll be on my way

A5                   E5      B5       F#
  So don't expect to find me sleeping in my bed

       A5
'Cause when you wake up

B5
  I won't be there

[Outro] * w/ GUITAR RIFF (3 1/2 measures), see above

E5     B5 | A5           B5 |
              I won't be there

E5     B5 | A5           B5 |
              I won't be there

E5     B5 | A5           B5 |
              I won't be there

E5 B5 | Asus2