Hoobastank

If I Were You

Hoobastank


Tom: D

Intro: A2 - C#m ; 2x


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Verse 1 | One strum each
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       A2                      C#m
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 


       A2                             C                   G 
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 

       A2                      C#m
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 

       A2                             C                   G 
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--------------------|---2-----------------------|
B|-----1--------------------|---3-----------------------|
G|-----0--------------------|---2-----------------------|
D|-----2--------------------|---0-----------------------|  
A|-----3--------------------|---X-----------------------|
E|-----0--------------------|---X-----------------------|
      
    It's driving me            insane 


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Chorus: | Strum here
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D            A
  If I were you 

              C           G       D
  Holding the world right in my hands 

D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
 
              C          G          D
  Is thank the stars for all that I am 

              A - C#m - C - G
  If I were you 


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Verse 2 | 
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A2                        
  Look at what's around you now 

C#m
  More than you ever dreamed 

A2                              C               G
  Have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be? 

A2                         C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 

A2                            C              G  
  That all could go away, in one blink of an eye 

   C                 D   (keep playing D)  
It happens all the time 


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Chorus: |
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D            A
  If I were you 

              C           G       D
  Holding the world right in my hands 

D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 
            
            C       G 
  Is thank the stars above 

          C       G
  tell the ones I love

           D
  that i do
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Bridge:|
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                 F
  Yeah if I were you 
  
  G                       A 
  Wohoo, yeah if I were you 
  
              F
  If I were you 
 
  G           A - C#m ;4x
  Wohoo, If I were you



Coda:

A2                        C#m
  So what's it going to take, for you to realize 

A2                          C               G  
  It all could go away, in one blink of an eye 
 
  C                    D    (keep playing D)
  It happens all the time 



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Chorus: |
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D            A
  If I were you 
 
              C           G     D
  Holding the world right in my hands 

D                     A
  The first thing I'd do 

               C       G  
  Is thank the stars above 

          C       G
  For the words I love
     
         G#         Bb        C 
  Take a breath and enjoy the view 
  
         G#        Bb      C    
  Live the life that I wanna do 
  
         G#
  If I were you 
  
        Bb
  If I were you 
  
        C
  If I were you