If You Wanted A Song Written About You All You Had To Do Was Ask Chords & Tabs
If You Wanted A Song Written About You All You Had To Do Was Ask Tab
the other tab was good, but it was just the chords.
so i'm going to try and do the other parts.
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GUITAR 1
Verse:
[come in when he says "well it's 3'o'clock..]
e|-----------------| e|--------------|
B|------------10~--| B|-----10-8-----|
G|---------9-------| G|----------11--|
D|--11h12----------| 3x D|--11----------| All THAT 2x
A|-----------------| A|--------------|
E|-----------------| E|--------------|
Chorus:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--14--------12--------11--------14--------|
D|---x-(16x)---x-(16x)---x-(16x)---x-(16x)--|
A|--12--------10---------9--------12--------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse:
e|-----------------|
B|------------10~--|
G|---------9-------|
D|--11h12----------| 2x
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse:
e|-----------------| e|---------------------|
B|------------10~--| B|---------------------|
G|---------9-------| G|--9--------------9~--|
D|--11h12----------| 2x D|----12---------------|
A|-----------------| A|-------12~----12-----|
E|-----------------| E|---------------------|
e|----------------| e|-------------|
B|----------------| B|-------------|
G|----------------| G|-------------|
D|--11h12p11------| 3x D|-------------| ALL THAT 2x
A|-----------12~--| A|--12-9-------|
E|----------------| E|-------12-9--|
Chorus
Interlude:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--16--------12--------19--------14--------|
D|---x-(16x)---x-(16x)---x-(16x)---x-(16x)--|
A|--14--------10--------17--------12--------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|--16~--|
D|---x---|
A|--14~--|
E|-------|
Bridge:
no GUITAR 1
Chorus
Outro:
e|-----------------------|
B|----------------12-----|
G|-----------11~-----11--|
D|--11h12p11-------------| 3x
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------11---------9------------|
D|--11h12p11h12----12---12---12-12p11b--|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
GUITAR 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mayday_parade/if_you_wanted_a_song_written_about_you_all_you_had_to_do_was_ask_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse:
[come in when he says "well it's 3'o'clock...]
e|---------------------| e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------| B|---------------------------|
G|--9h11p9-------------| G|--9h11p9----------9--------|
D|----------11-11h12~--| 2x D|---------12----12---11-12--| ALL THAT 2x
A|---------------------| A|------------12-------------|
E|---------------------| E|---------------------------|
Chorus:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--7-----------------------------------|
D|--7-(16x)--5--------4--------7--------|
A|--5--------5-(16x)--4-(16x)--7-(16x)--|
E|-----------3--------2--------5--------|
Pre-Verse:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|--11~--11-9----------|
D|--12~--------12------|
A|----------------12~--|
E|---------------------|
Verse:
[listen for it]
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--6h7~--------11-9-7-9~-----6-7-----|
D|--------------------------------7~--|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10~---------------10--------|
G|--9h11p9------9h11p9-------9h11p9----------12-11--|
D|---------12~----------------------12--------------| 2x
A|-------------------------------------12-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Interlude:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10-10~---------------------|
G|--7-6~----7/9-9/11-11---------7/9-9/11-11/9------|
D|--------------------------------------------12~--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------10-10~-----------------------------|
G|--7/9-9/11-11-----------6h7p6h7p6h7-6h7p6h7p6h7--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--6h7p6h7-7~--|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
Bridge:
[starts when he says "take me home..." second time]
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|--6h7p6--|
D|---------| just do that as many times as needed
A|---------|
E|---------|
Then
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--7-----------------|
D|--7-(16x)--7--------|
A|--5--------7-(16x)--|
E|-----------5--------|
Chorus
Outro:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------9-----|
D|--9p7--------9-7---11--| 3x
A|------9h10p9-----------|
E|-----------------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-9-7-6-7p6b--|
D|--9p7---------9-7----------------|
A|-------9h10p9--------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
If you listen, you can figure out when to play each part.
It's not hard.
ENJOY!