If I Am


Name: Daniel C. Baxter Tabs: Song: If I Am Artist: Nine Days Transcribed By: Daniel C. Baxter e-mail: bh10477@binghamton.edu ***CAPO IV*** chords E A D G B E (rel. to capo) G 3 2 0 0 3 3 F6/9 x x 3 2 3 3 Em7 0 2 2 0 3 3 *C* x 3 2 0 1 3 Dadd4add9 x 5 4 0 3 0 Cadd9 x 3 2 0 3 3 D x x 0 2 3 2 Verse: G-F6/9-Em7-C-Dadd4add9 Chorus G-D-Em7-Cadd9-Em7-D-Cadd9 G F6/9 So your standing on a ledge Em7 It looks like you might fall So far down C Dadd4add9 Or maybe you were thinking about jumping G F6/9 Now you could have it all Em7 If you learned a little patience C For though I cannot fly Dadd4add9 I'm not content to crawl G F6/9 So give me a little credit Em7 Have in me a little faith C I want to be with you forever Dadd4add9 If tommorow's not too late G D Em7 But it's always too late when you've got nothing Cadd9 So you say (hammer on 0->2 on Astring 0h2) G D Em7 But you should never let the sun set on tommorow Cadd9 <---strum once and let ring Before the sun rises today G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Another waste of everything you dreamed of D Cadd9 I will let you down G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Only here to watch as you suffer D Cadd9 I will let you down (Instrumental Go through Verse chords) G-F6/9-Em7-C-Dadd4add9 G F6/9 So your walking on the edge Em7 And you wait your turn to fall But you're so far gone C Dadd4add9 That you don't see the hands upheld to catch you G F6/9 And you could find the fault Em7 In the heart that you've been handed C For though you cannot fly Dadd4add9 You're not content to crawl G D Em7 But it's always too late when you've got nothing Cadd9 So you say G D Em7 But you should never let the sun set on tommorow Cadd9 Before the sun rises today G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Another waste of everything you dreamed of D Cadd9 I will let you down G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Only here to watch as you suffer D Cadd9 I will let you down (instrumental) D-Em7-D-Cadd9 G F6/9 So you're standing on a ledge Em7 Cadd9 It looks like you might fall G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Another waste of everything you dreamed of D Cadd9 I will let you down G D If I am Em7 Cadd9 Em7 Only here to watch as you suffer D Cadd9 I will let you down G D The answers we find Em7 Cadd9 Are never what we had in mind Em7 D Cadd9 So we make it up as we go along G D You don't talk of dreams Em7 Cadd9 I won't mention tommorow Em7 D Cadd9 And we won't make those promises that we can't keep G D Em7 Cadd9 I will never leave you Em7 D Cadd9 I will never let you down G D Em7 Cadd9 I will never leave you Em7 D Cadd9 I will never let you down ***If you wanna play it w/o the capo try substituting these chords (doesn't sound quite as good however)*** E A D G B E G 7 9 9 8 7 7 F6/9 x 7 7 9 10 7 Em7 x 7 7 9 9 7 C x 7 9 9 7 7 Dadd4add9 x 9 11 11 9 9 Cadd9 x 7 9 9 9 x D x 9 11 11 11 x