Tim Mcgraw – If Youre Reading This tab
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If You're Reading This Performed by Tim McGraw Capo 4th Fret I am not sure if this is exactly how they play it, but it sounds more precise than just using the base chords. Since the neck is capoed, these are really representative of the chord formations rather than the actual chords (sound) being produced. You probably already realize that but it was worth meantioning anyway. G11: 3X0200 Cmaj7: X32000 Cmaj7/G: X32003 Dsus2: XX0230 G: 320003 Dsus2/F#: 2X0230 Em: 022000 C: 032010 Am7: X02213 G/B: X20003 Intro: G11 Cmaj7 Dsus2 G Dsus2/F# Em If youre reading this my momma's sittin there. Looks like I only got a one C G Dsus2/F# Em way ticket over here. Sure wish I could give you one more kiss. War was C Am7 just a game we played when we were kids. So I'm laying down my gun, and G/B Cmaj7/G Dsus2 hangin up my boots. I'm up here with God and were both watching over you. C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C Dsus2 So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C town. And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed that Dsus2 C Dsus2 G11 Cmaj7 Dsus2 it would go. If you're reading this, I'm already home. G Dsus2/F# Em If you're reading this, halfway round the world, I won't be there C G to see the birth of our little girl. I hope she looks like you, I hope she Dsus2/F# Em C fights like me. And stands up for the innocent and the weak. Am7 G/B Cmaj7/G So I'm laying down my gun, and hangin up my boots. Tell dad I Dsus2 dont regret that I followed in his shoes. C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C Dsus2 So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C town. And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed that Dsus2 C Dsus2 Em Dsus2 it would go. If you're reading this, I'm already home. Bridge: G11 Cmaj7 Dsus2 G Dsus2/F# Em If you're reading this there's gonna come a day, when you'll move C G on and find someone else, and that's okay. Just remember this, I'm in a Dsus2/F# Em better place, where soldiers live in peace and C Dsus2 angels sing "amazing grace" C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C Dsus2 So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of C Dsus2/F# Em Dsus2 C town. And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed Dsus2 C Dsus2 that it would go. If you're reading this, if you're reading this G11 Cmaj7 Dsus2 G~ I'm already home. Note: There is a little bit of picking on the Dsus2 prior to the chorus and within the chorus that you can feel out. It is basically done on the high E string by hammering on the F# note to make the chord a solid D and then pulling off back to a Dsus2. There is also a little extra picking in the intro/bridge/outtro riff that is too hard for me to try to describe here. It is mainly on the 4th string of the G11.