Young Rebel Set - If I Was

      
 
 Capo on 4th fret!
 
 I used to claim in this very spot that the picking was very easy. But after
 getting some E-Mails (and listening to the song closely) I must say it is indeed a
 bit tricky. So I tabbed it out. Note that this is still a slightly simplified
 version. The guitarist plays some more bass notes, but if they were in the tab
 that would only confuse, so I left them out. It will sound great if you play it like this.
 
 If you want the 100% full real tab (or have any other comments) write me at
 
 Intro and Verse
 
 C Am G C 
     

 |------0-----------0-----------3-----------0-------|
 |--------1---1-------1---0-------3---0-------1---1-|
 |----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
 |--------------------------------------------------|
 |--3-----------0-----------------------3-----------|
 |--------------------------3-----------------------|
 

 
 C F C G 
     

 |---------0------------0---------------0-----------3-------|
 |-----------1---1--------1---1-----------1---0-------3---0-|
 |-------0-----0------2-----2---------0-----0-----0-----0---|
 |--0h2-----------3--------------0h2------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------------------------3-----------|
 

 
 Am F G C (C) 
      

 |------0-----------0-----------3-----------0--------------0-------|
 |--------1---1-------1---0-------3---0-------1---1----------1---1-|
 |----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0--------0-----0---|
 |--------------3-----------------------------------0h2------------|
 |--0-----------------------------------3--------------------------|
 |--------------------------3--------------------------------------|
 

 
 Chorus (If you play alone I reccomend just strumming this part)
 
 Am (Am) Em (Em) F G C (C) 
         

 |-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------3-----------0-----------0------|
 |-------1---1-------1---1-------0---0-------0---0-------1---1-------0---0-------1---1-------1---1|
 |---2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
 |-------------------------2-----------2-----------3----------------------------------------------|
 |-0-----------0-----------------------------------------------------------3-----------3----------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------|
 

 
 Intro: C / Am / G / C
 
 C            Am             G             C  
 If I was a sailor I would sail you out to sea
 C                   F            C        G   
 Take you across the ocean, ask you to marry me
 Am             F             G            C   
 Oh if I was sailor I would sail you home to me
 
 And if I was a soldier I would march to war for you
 I'd face every bullet and cannonball that flew
 Oh if I was a soldier I would wage a war for you
 And if I was a jailer I would lock you away
 Then I'd have the key to see you each and every day
 Oh if I was a jailer I would still have you today
 And if I was a rich man I'd buy you flowers every day
 But I am a poor man so I'll pick them on the way
 Oh if I was a rich man I would pay to make you to stay.
 
 Chorus:
 
 Am                   Em 
 I've wasted so much time
 F                   G              C  
 Writing songs and playing on my guitar
 Am                   Em 
 I've wasted so much love
 F                    G             C       
 Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
 
 And if I had an aeroplane then I'd fly you away
 Maybe we go to rome or paris for the day
 Oh if I had an aeroplane then I'd whisk you away
 And if I was a betting man I'd bet you love me too
 I'd bet everything I had for the chance to be with you
 Oh if I was a betting man my odds are 9-2.
 
 Am                   Em 
 I've wasted so much time
 F                   G              C  
 Writing songs and playing on my guitar
 Am                   Em 
 I've wasted so much love
 F                    G             C       
 Now I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
 Am                   G               Am    
 Yeah I wish I'd never learnt to play a note
 F                    G              C     
 Oh I wish I'd never learnt to play a note.
 
 (Solo + Chorus)
 
 And if I was a writer I would write a book on you
 I'd tell them all the stories of the things we used to do
 Oh if I was a writer I would write a book on you
 And if I was a painter I'd paint portraits of you
 Hang them in the galleries like all good painter do
 Oh if I was a painter I'd paint potraits of you.
 
 (Chorus)