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If All Else Fails
Matchbook Romance
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Matchbook Romance
If All Else Fails
Stories And Alibis
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
Fm - 133111
G#/C - x365xx
Intro:
Part 1:
Bass:
C# Fm
G|-10-------8-------11-------10-------|---------------8-------------|
D|----11-11---11-11----11-11----11-11-|---11---10------------11-----|
A|------------------------------------|-8----8----8-8---8-8-----8-8-|
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F# Fm Ebm
G|--------------------10-11-10----|---------------|-----10-8------|
D|---11-----11-----11----------11-|---10---10-----|---8------11-8-|
A|-9----9-9----9-9----------------|-8----8----8-8-|-6-------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
C# Fm
G|----10----8----11----8-------|---------------8-------------|
D|-11----11---11----11---11-11-|---11---10------------11-----|
A|-----------------------------|-8----8----8-8---8-8-----8-8-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
F# Fm Ebm
G|--------------------10-11-10----|---------------|-----10-8------|
D|---11-----11-----11----------11-|---10---10-----|---8------11-8-|
A|-9----9-9----9-9----------------|-8----8----8-8-|-6-------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
Part 2:
Bass:
C# G#/C Bbm G#
G|-------------------------|-------------|-------|-------|
D|-------6-6-6-4-4-4-3---3-|-------------|-8-8-8-|-6-----|
A|-4-4-4---------------4---|-3-3-3-------|-------|---8-4-|
E|-------------------------|-------4-4-4-|-------|-------|
F# Fm Ebm Fm Ebm
G|-----------|-------|-------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------|---3-3-|-1-1-1-|-------3-4-3-|-1-1-1-4-3---|
A|---4-----4-|-------|-------|-------------|-----------4-|
E|-2---2-2---|-1-----|-------|-1-1-1-------|-------------|
Guitar 2:
x6 x6
e|-------|-------------|-------|-------------|
B|-------|-------7-6---|-------|-------4-----|
G|---6---|---5-6-----6-|---6---|---5-6---6---|
D|-----6-|-------------|-----6-|-----------6-|
A|-4-----|-4-----------|-4-----|-4-----------|
E|-------|-------------|-------|-------------|
Verse 1:
C# G#/C Bbm G#
A subdued silence
F# Fm Ebm
undisturbed
Fm C# G#/C F#
Ebm
by the sound of her breath
C# G#/C
So carefully brush her
Bbm G# F# Fm Ebm
Ebm
hair back from her eyes
C# G#/C Bbm G#
In steady sequence
F# Fm Ebm Fm
one by one
C#
She slips away
Chorus 1:
F# C#
So close your eyes
Ebm F#
and sleep to dream
C#
I'm by your side
Ebm F#
No words to speak
C#
We'll set our course
Ebm Ebm
and make it through
F#
No matter how far I go my
heart remains with you
(Repeat Intro Part 2)
Verse 2:
C#
And I'm not sure
G#/C F# Bbm G#/C C#
what I'm looking for
C#
But it's clear to
G#/C Bbm G#
see
F#
the purpose of
Fm Ebm
my exsistance Is
C#
laying here in front of me
Chorus 2:
F# C#
So close your eyes
Ebm F#
and sleep to dream
C#
I'm by your side
Ebm F#
No words to speak
C#
We'll set our course
Ebm Ebm
and make it through
F#
No matter how far I go
Bridge:
C# G#
And if all else fails you
Ebm
can look up at the sky
F#
Because it's the same one
that shines above you and I
C# G#
And if all else fails
Ebm
you can close your eyes
F#
And I'll be right beside you
I'll be the one by your side
Interlude:
Guitar 2:
x6
e|-------|-------------|
B|-------|-------7-6---|
G|---6---|---5-6-----6-|
D|-----6-|-------------| x6
A|-4-----|-4-----------|
E|-------|-------------|
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Outro:
Ebm F#
No matter how much it hurts
Ebm F#
I wanted you to know
C#
my heart remains with you
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