Title: If I Were You
Artist: Hoobastank
Album: Every Man For Himself (2006)
|FIRST VERSE|
| e | 0 | 4 |
| B | 0 | 5 |
| G | 2 | 6 |
| D | 2 | 6 |
| A | 0 | 4 |
| E | | |
You seem to find the dark, when everything is bright
| e | 0 | 0 3 |
| B | 0 | 1 3 |
| G | 2 | 0 0 |
| D | 2 | 2 0 |
| A | 0 | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
You look for all that’s wrong, instead of all that’s right
| e | 0 | 4 |
| B | 0 | 5 |
| G | 2 | 6 |
| D | 2 | 6 |
| A | 0 | 4 |
| E | | |
Does it feel good to you, to rain on my parade
| e | 0 | 0 3 |
| B | 0 | 1 3 |
| G | 2 | 0 0 |
| D | 2 | 2 0 |
| A | 0 | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
You never say a word, unless it’s to complain
| e | 0 3 |
| B | 1 3 |
| G | 0 0 |
| D | 2 0 |
| A | 3 2 |
| E | 0 3 |
It’s driving me insane
|FIRST CHORUS| (strum)
| e | 2 0 | 0 3 2 |
| B | 3 2 | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 | 0 0 2 |
| D | 0 2 | 2 0 0 |
| A | 0 | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
If I were you, holding the world right in my hands
| e | 2 0 | 0 3 2 |
| B | 3 2 | 1 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 | 0 0 2 |
| D | 0 2 | 2 0 0 |
| A | 0 | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
The first thing I’d do, is thank the stars for all that I have
| e | 2 0 | 4 0 4 0 0 3 |
| B | 3 2 | 5 2 5 2 1 3 |
| G | 2 2 | 6 2 6 2 0 0 |
| D | 0 2 | 6 2 6 2 2 0 |
| A | 0 | 4 0 4 0 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
If I were you.
|SECOND VERSE|
| e | 0 | 4 |
| B | 0 | 5 5 |
| G | 2 | 6 6 4 4 |
| D | 2 | 6 7 7 |
| A | 0 | 4 |
| E | | |
Look what surrounds you now, more than you ever dreamed
| e | | 0 3 |
| B | | 1 3 |
| G | | 0 0 |
| D | | 2 0 |
| A | | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be
| e | 0 | 4 |
| B | 0 | 5 5 |
| G | 2 | 6 6 4 4 |
| D | 2 | 6 7 7 |
| A | 0 | 4 |
| E | | |
So what’s it going to take, for you to realize
| e | | 0 3 |
| B | | 1 3 |
| G | | 0 0 |
| D | | 2 0 |
| A | | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
It all could go away, in one blink of an eye
| e | 0 3 |
| B | 1 3 |
| G | 0 0 |
| D | 2 0 |
| A | 3 2 |
| E | 0 3 |
It happens all the time
|SECOND CHORUS| (with distortion)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 |
If I were you, holding the world right in my hands
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 |
The first thing I’d do, is thank the stars above
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7\ (working on guitar riff) |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7\ |
| A | 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\ |
| E | 3 3 3 3 |
Tell the ones I love that I do
|CODA|
| e | 0 | 4 |
| B | 0 | 5 |
| G | 2 | 6 |
| D | 2 | 6 |
| A | 0 | 4 |
| E | | |
So what’s it going to take, for you to realize
| e | 0 | 0 3 |
| B | 0 | 1 3 |
| G | 2 | 0 0 |
| D | 2 | 2 0 |
| A | 0 | 3 2 |
| E | | 0 3 |
It all could go away, in one blink of an eye
(continue playing G)
| e | 0 3 |
| B | 1 3 |
| G | 0 0 |
| D | 2 0 |
| A | 3 2 |
| E | 0 3 |
It happens all the time
|CHORUS| (with distortion)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 |
If I were you, holding the world right in my hands
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 |
The first thing I’d do, is thank the stars above
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 |
For the ones I love, take a breath and enjoy the view
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 |
Live the life that I wanna do
(let ring)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 |
| D | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 |
| A | 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 |
| E | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
If I were you, if I were you, if I were you