Nine Days

Nine Days - If I Am guitar tab

Artist: Nine Days

Song: If I Am

Album: The Madding Crowd

Tabbed by: Ryan Sanders (ryan@ricknyephotography.com)

Date: January 25, 2001

I've only seen one other tab for this which really wasn't correct in any way, so

I was determined to do this.. here it is! There are a few more little fancy things

John throws in, but I didn't worry about those.. let me know if there's any

mistakes.

I transcribed this mostly from the acoustic version, because the album version was

getting too hard to hear what was going on with the background guitar. So there may

be a few differences, but probably not. Enjoy.. NINE DAYS RULES!!

**Capo on 4th fret**

G: 320033

D: xx0232

Cadd9: x32033

F: 133211

C: x32010

D*: do this- xx0232 and this xx0233

you'll hear it.

listen to the cd for all the strumming patterns.. it's not too hard

once you get the hang of it.

VERSE CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D Cadd9 F C

"so you're standin on a ledge..."

PRE-CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

Cadd9 D* Cadd9 G Cadd9 D* Cadd9 C (let C ring first time)

"but it's always too late..."

CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D* Cadd9 G Cadd9 D* Cadd9

"if i am another waste..."

BRIDGE CHORD PROGRESSION:

D D* D D* Cadd9 D D* D D* Cadd9

"doooooown...."

LAST PRE-CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D* Cadd9

"so you're standin on the ledge..."

STRUCTURE:

verse (3x)

pre-chorus (1x)

chorus (2x)

verse (3x)

pre-chorus (1x)

chorus (2x)

bridge (1x)

last pre-chorus (1x)

chorus (6x)

end on Cadd9

LYRICS:

So you're standin on a ledge

It looks like you might fall

It's so far down, maybe you were thinkin about jumpin.

Now you could have it all

If you learned a little patience

For though I cannot fly, I'm not content to crawl.

To give me a little credit

Have in me a little faith

I wanna be with you forever, if tomorrow's not too late.

But it's always too late when you've got nothin

So you say.

And you should never let the sun set on tomorrow

Before the sun rises today

-CHORUS-

If I am another waste of everything you dreamed of

I will let you down.

If I am only here to watch you as you suffer

I will let you down.

So you're walkin on the edge

And you wait your turn to fall

But you're so far gone that you don't see the hands upheld to catch you.

And you could find the fault

In the heart that you've been handed

For though you cannot fly, you're not content to crawl.

And it's always too late when you've got nothin

So you say.

And you should never let the sun set on tomorrow

Before the sun rises...

-chorus-

So you're standin on the ledge

It looks like you might fall..........

-chorus-

The answers we find are never what we had in mind

So we make it up as we go along.

You don't talk of dreams, I won't let you

Tomorrow, we won't make those promises that we can't keep.

I will never leave you

I will not let you down

I will never leave you

I will not let you down

Ryan Sanders

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