What If Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	D A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author jesalnam [a] 31. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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			     simple plan- What if
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Tabbed by: jesalnam
Email:Jesalnam@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Drop D
 
This is as accurate as I can possibly figure so far,
point out on any mistake please.
 
Intro-(violins)
E|-------------------------------|
B|---8----x3-----8---x3----------|
G|----8-----------8--------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
				x2
E|------------------------------|
B|--6----x3-----6-----x3--------|
G|---8-----------8--------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
=========================
E|-------------------------------|
B|---8----x3-----8---x3----------|
G|----8-----------8--------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------|
B|--6---x3-----6----------------|
G|---8-----------8--------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
 
- Lead guitar of chorus – repeatedly played through chorus and pre-verses and outro
E|-----------------------------|
B|-7-8-8-7-8-8-7-8-8-8-6/4-----|
G|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
 
- Right before verse 1 - x2
 
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
A|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
D|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
 
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1--------|
A|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1--------|
D|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1--------|
 
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-These are the small parts played through out verse 1 -
 
E|-----------------|
B|-/3-4-3/1--------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
 
E|----------------|
B|-/6-4-3-/1------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
 
- chorus –
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-10-----6------8--8--------|  x2
A|-10-x7--6-x7-6-x7-8--------|
D|-10-----6---------8--------|
 
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-10-----6-----8-------|
A|-10-x7--6-x7--8-x7----|
D|-10-----6-----8-------|
 
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-6------8------6------8----------|
A|-6-x14--8-x14--6-x14--8-x14------|
D|-6------8------6------8----------|
 
- Then this right before verses 2 – x2
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
A|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
D|--10-10-10-8-10-6-1---|
 
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1-----------|
A|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1-----------|
D|-8-8-8-6-8-6-1-----------|
 
- Throughout verse 2 -
E|------------------|
B|-/3-4-6-1---------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
D|------------------|
 
E|------------------------|
B|-/6-4-3-1---------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
 
- play Chorus -
 
- Bridge -(while playing intro)
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-1------------------------|
A|-1------------------------|
D|-1------------------------|
 
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-1-1--1---6-6-----10-10--10--|
A|-1-1--1---6-6-----10-10--10--|
D|-1-1--1---6-6-----10-10--10--|
 
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-8-6-8-6------------|
A|-8-6-8-6------------|
D|-8-6-8-6------------|
 
- Palm muted -
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---8------6------10------8-----------|
A|-6-x10----6-x10--10-x10--8-x10-------|
D|----------6------10------8-----------|
   x x      x    xx      x
 
Play until end
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---8------6------10------8---------|
A|-6-x10----6-x10--10-x10--8-x10-----|
D|----------6------10------8---------|
 
E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-8-6-8-6------------|
A|-8-6-8-6------------|
D|-8-6-8-6------------|
 
End
 
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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... excuse me... the tuning is not Drop D but Eb
no! the mistake you made is the tab... all is wrong because the tuning is not E but Eb
yea, we know, the tuning is in Eb, but you can play it in Drop D!