WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | City And Colour - If I Should Go Before You Tabs | Ver. 1
Intro:
Am | Am | Dm | Am |
Intro Riff (clean reverb electric):
Am Dm Am
e|---0--------------------|---0---------------------|---1----------------------|---0----------------------|
B|---1--------------------|---1---------------------|---3----------------------|---1----------------------|
G|---2--------------------|---2---------------------|---2----------------------|---2----------------------|
D|---2-----------2--0-----|---2---------------------|-0------------------2—0---|---2----------------------|
A|-0-------------------3--|-0--------------------3--|------------------------3-|-0------------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse I:
Am Dm
If I should go before you
G Dm
When that long night comes
Am Dm
We'll meet in the ever-after
G Am
Please don't follow me into the sun
Am Dm
If you should cross the white light
G Dm
And find yourself in the black
Am Dm
I'll be right there, behind you
G Am
You will have no need to look back
Chorus:
Dm G
And when that night cries itself, awake
Dm G
Dying, in the light of day
Dm G
Our endless love will remain
Dm C Am (see riff below*)
Until we meet again
*Chorus riff (single notes):
'Un-til we meet a----gain'
Dm C Am
e|----------------------|--0-------------------|
B|----------------------|--1-------------------|
G|----------------------|--2-------------------|
D|------3---5---2-------|--2-------------------|
A|--------------------3-|--0-------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
Instrumental:
Am (four bars)
Verse II:
Am Dm
If I should go before you
G Dm
Into the great unknown
Am Dm
I'll leave my ghost right beside you
G Am
You won't have to wait alone—
Chorus:
Dm G
And when that night cries itself, awake
Dm G
Dying, in the light of day
Dm G
Our endless love will remain
(riff)
Until we meet ?
Final Chorus:
Dm G
Crying ourselves awake
Dm G
Dying, in the light of day
Dm G
Our endless love will remain
(riff) Am (fade out)
Until we meet again