Artist: Nine Days
Song: If I Am
Album: The Madding Crowd
Tabbed by: Ryan Sanders (ryan@ricknyephotography.com)
Date: January 25, 2001

I've only seen one other tab for this which really wasn't correct in any way, so
I was determined to do this.. here it is!  There are a few more little fancy things
John throws in, but I didn't worry about those.. let me know if there's any
mistakes.
I transcribed this mostly from the acoustic version, because the album version was
getting too hard to hear what was going on with the background guitar.  So there may
be a few differences, but probably not.  Enjoy.. NINE DAYS RULES!!


**Capo on 4th fret**


G:     320033
D:     xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
F:     133211
C:     x32010
D*: do this- xx0232 and this xx0233
         you'll hear it.

listen to the cd for all the strumming patterns.. it's not too hard
once you get the hang of it.

VERSE CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D Cadd9 F C
"so you're standin on a ledge..."


PRE-CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

Cadd9 D* Cadd9 G Cadd9 D* Cadd9 C (let C ring first time)
"but it's always too late..."


CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D* Cadd9 G Cadd9 D* Cadd9
"if i am another waste..."


BRIDGE CHORD PROGRESSION:

D D* D D* Cadd9 D D* D D* Cadd9
"doooooown...."

LAST PRE-CHORUS CHORD PROGRESSION:

G D* Cadd9
"so you're standin on the ledge..."


STRUCTURE:

verse (3x)
pre-chorus (1x)
chorus (2x)
verse (3x)
pre-chorus (1x)
chorus (2x)
bridge (1x)
last pre-chorus (1x)
chorus (6x)
end on Cadd9

LYRICS:
So you're standin on a ledge
It looks like you might fall
It's so far down, maybe you were thinkin about jumpin.
Now you could have it all
If you learned a little patience
For though I cannot fly, I'm not content to crawl.
To give me a little credit
Have in me a little faith
I wanna be with you forever, if tomorrow's not too late.

But it's always too late when you've got nothin
So you say.
And you should never let the sun set on tomorrow
Before the sun rises today

-CHORUS-
If I am another waste of everything you dreamed of
I will let you down.
If I am only here to watch you as you suffer
I will let you down.

So you're walkin on the edge
And you wait your turn to fall
But you're so far gone that you don't see the hands upheld to catch you.
And you could find the fault
In the heart that you've been handed
For though you cannot fly, you're not content to crawl.

And it's always too late when you've got nothin
So you say.
And you should never let the sun set on tomorrow
Before the sun rises...

-chorus-

So you're standin on the ledge
It looks like you might fall..........

-chorus-

The answers we find are never what we had in mind
So we make it up as we go along.
You don't talk of dreams, I won't let you
Tomorrow, we won't make those promises that we can't keep.

I will never leave you
I will not let you down
I will never leave you
I will not let you down



Ryan Sanders
Fry's Hall of Tabs
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