Nine Days – If I Am
Capo 4th 194 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[The Madding Crowd 2000]
Verse 1
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So you're standing on the ledge-eee… It looks like you
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might fall… so far down… or maybe you… were thinking
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about jumping… but you could have it all-lll… if you learned
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a little patience… but though I cannot fly… I’m not
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content to crawl… So give me a little credit… Have in me a
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little faith-hhh… I want to be with you forever… but
Pre Chorus 1
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tomorrow's not too late… but it's always too late
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when you've got nothing… So you say…
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and you should never let the sun set on
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tomorrow-www-www… before the sun rises today…
Chorus 1
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If I am-mmm… another waste of everything you've
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dreamed of… I will let you down-nnn-nnn…
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If I am-mmm… only here to watch you as you
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suffer… I will let you-uuu down-nnn-nnn…
Solo 1
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Verse 2
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So you're walking on the edge-eee… and
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you wait your turn to fall… but you're so far gone…
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that you don't see…
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the hands upheld to catch you… and you could
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find a fault-ttt… in the heart that you've been
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handed… but though you cannot fly… you're
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not content to crawl… but it's always too late
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when you've got nothing… So you-uuu-uuu say-yyy…
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and you should never let the sun set on
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tomorrow-www-www… before the sun rises…
Chorus 2
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If I am-mmm… another waste of everything you've
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hoped for… I will let you down-nnn-nnn…
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If I am-mmm… only here to watch you as you
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suffer… I will let you-uuu down-nnn-nnn…
Solo 2
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Bridge
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So you're standing on the ledge-eee… It looks
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like you-uuu might-ttt fall-lll--lll--lll…
Chorus 1
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If I am-mmm… another waste of everything you've
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dreamed of… I will let you down-nnn-nnn… I WILL
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If I am-mmm… only here to watch you as you
LET YOU DOWN-NNN-NNN…
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suffer… I will let you-uuu down-nnn-nnn…
Refrain
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The answers we find… are never what we had in mind…
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So we make it up… as we go along-ggg-ggg… I WILL
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We don't talk the dreams… I won't mention tomorrow…
LET YOU DOWN-NNN-NNN…
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We won't make those promises that we can't keep…
Outro
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I will never leave you-uuu-uuu…
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I will not let you-uuu down-nnn…
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I will never leave you-uuu-uuu…
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I will not let you-uuu down-nnn-nnn…