I think that as a singer-songwriter, you get held up to this standard where you’re supposed to be so serious all the time and stand for all this stuff. I’ve never really felt that way.
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Tabs /
I DoI Do
Standard Tuning, Capo 3, 4/4 Time, Quarter = ~112
(metronomeonline.com)
Notes: - Thanks to LFW, we have the first lines
of the song!!!
- Sometimes she plays C9, sometimes she
plays C and then Cadd4...do whatever
C chord/s float your boat
- She palm mutes most of this song
- Don't let the time signature fool you,
this song is felt in it's off-beats
- Sing this to your sweetheart or your
imaginary lover
Chords: G = 320033 D = X00232 C = X32010
C9 = X32033 Em = 022000 D/F# = 20023X
Am7 = X02010 Cadd4 = X33010
Intro: G (palm-muted)
Verse 1:
G
We've been doing this war dance together
C Cadd4
For some time I know
G
We've been treating love like a battlefield
C Cadd4
Taking it slow
Em D/F#
But will you blink? What do you think?
C C C D
The union we propose is dangerous, I know...
Chorus:
C9 D
Love is a game until it's played
G D/F# Em
And if it's lost it can't ever be saved
C D
We have heaven to win and hell to lose
G D/F# Em
But the difference is up to me and you
C9 D C9
So if you will, I will stop saying I won't
D G
And start saying I do
Verse 2:
G
But life can take a long time
C9
If you make the wrong choice
G C9
Time sure seems to fly by when I hear your voice
Em
The stakes are high,
D/F# C9 C9
How will we find the courage to believe?
D
We will succeed
REPEAT CHORUS: like 1st time, except Em chord on last "I Do"
Bridge:
Em Am7 C
Well our hearts are locked inside an iron box
Em Am7
We're both too afraid to reveal
C G D Em C9
Our most tender parts, oh - oh
Last Chorus:
C9 D
Because love is a game until it's played
G D/F# Em
And if you lose, you can't ever be saved
C D
We have heaven to gain but hell to lose
G D/F# Em
And the difference is up to me and you
C9 D C9
So if you will, I will stop saying I won't
D
Stop saying I can't
C9
Is that what you said
D G C9 G
'Cause if you did, I do
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