If We Were Vampires Chords by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- Key: Dm
- BPM: 97
- Capo: no capo
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IF WE WERE VAMPIRES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Dm7 Am7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Bbmaj7 Bb Dm F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dm Dm7 F C ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Am Bb Bbmaj7 It's not the long flowing dress that you're in Bb Am Bb Bbmaj7 ■ Or the light coming off of your skin Dm7 F The fragile heart you protected for so long Dm F C Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong ■ Gsus4 Am Bbmaj7 Bb It's not your hands searching slow in the dark ■ Am Gm7 Bb Or your nails leaving love's watermark ■ Dm F It's not the way you talk me off the roof Dm F C Your questions like directions to the truth ■ [Chorus] Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb F Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm7 Maybe we'll get forty years together C Bb F C But one day I'll be gone or one day you'll be gone ■ [Verse] Dm Am Gm7 Bbmaj7 If we were vampires and death was a joke ■ Am Bbmaj7 Bb We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke ■ Dm F And laugh at all the lovers and their plans Dm F C I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand Dm Am Bbmaj7 Maybe time running out is a gift Dm7 Am Bb I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift Dm7 F And give you every second I can find Dm7 F C And hope it isn't me who's left behind ■ [Chorus] Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb F C Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm Maybe we'll get forty years together C Bb F C One day I'll be gone one day you'll be gone [Inst] Am Bbmaj7 Am Bbmaj7 Bb Dm F Dm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] F C Dm Am Bb Bbmaj7 Am7 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dm7 F Dm F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Bb F It's knowing that this can't go on forever Bb Bbmaj7 Bb F Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone Bb Dm Maybe we'll get forty years together C Bb Dm7 One day I'll be gone one day you'll be gone Am7 Bbmaj7 Dm7 Am7 Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]