i posted a cover of this song on my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIN9AmpKk8
these are my very first chords and honestly i don't know much about playing guitar, i really just watched
Keaton's CARDINAL SESSION billions of times and this is what i got from it.
his picking pattern is something like this, only a lot more complicated:
C
E-----------------|
B----------1------|
G-------0-----0---|
D----2----------2-|
A-3---------------|
E-----------------|
he does some special stuff, watch the video to figure it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGFYliYE7rQ
the F is always like this: (x-x-3-2-1-0) so it's pretty easy, no barre chords needed
also if there's something like Am-G-F, it means that the chords changes are quicker, i couldn't come up
with a better way to make that clear.
please contact me for any corrections.
standard tuning
capo 5
[intro:]
C E Am G-F
C G G
[Verse I]
C E
If I’m to die before I reach you
Am F
Please know I’m meant to love you till I did
C E
If I’m to slip beneath a train meant to take me
Am F
Know that I believe that it was worth it
C E
Tell my friends goodbye, tell my almost ex-wife
Am G F G
That I loved her and left her too soon
Am G F
Oh I hope to be holding you soon
[Chorus]
C G
Who knows what happens if I leave my room
Am G F
Oh I’m scared that you’ll know what to do
E Am-G-F F G G
If I’m to die before you
[Verse II]
C E
If i’m to die before I hold you
Am F
Know my arms were the worst off for it
C E
If i’m set upon dried from my room as I write
Am F G
You won't be my last thought before I quit
C E
Give my family love I would watch from above
Am F G G
But I fear there is nothing but sleep
Am G F
Oh I hope to be seeing you soon
[Chorus]
C G
Don’t know what's out there, more fear I assume
Am G F
Oh i’m scared that you’ll know what to do
E Am-G-F G G
If i’m to die before you
[Verse III]
C E
And if i’m to die before we spend a soft day
Am F
Know my final thoughts will be of regret
C E
If i'm to drown in the deep sea that parts us
Am G F G G
I once lived and loved, don’t forget
C E
Give my paintings to Alice, tell all my good friends
Am F G G
That I didn’t dare earn their respect
Am G F
Oh I hope to be seeing you soon
[Chorus]
C G
I don’t know what happens if I leave my room
Am G F
Oh I’m scared that you’ll know what to do
E Am-G-F
If I'm to die before you
G C
If I'm to die before you
end on C
