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If We Were Vampires
By Jason Isbell
Written by Jason Isbell
CD: The Nashville Sound (2017)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/18/2017
Jason plays this with his guitar tuned to open D with the 4th string tuned down a half step
Below is a way I tried to get the right sound but with easier chords. There is an excellent video at
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/h8fy0z/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-exclusive---jason-isbell----if-we-were-vampires-
Capo 5
Intro:
Am Em F Am Em F Am C Am C G
Am Em F
It's not the long flowing dress that you're in
Am Em F
Or the light coming off of your skin
Am C
The fragile heart you protected for so long
Am C G
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
It's not your hands, searching slow in the dark
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
Your questions like directions to the truth
Chorus:
F C
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
F C G
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
F Am
Maybe we'll get forty years together
G F C G
But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone
If we were vampires and death was a joke
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
And laugh at all the lovers and their plans
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
Maybe time running out is a gift
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
To give you every second I can find
And hope it isn't me you've left behind
Chorus
Chorus
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