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Kent - If U Were Here

If U Were Here

Intro:
  |F#m            |F#m                 |
e |---------------|-4---2--------------|
B |---2---3---2---|---------3---2----2-|
G |-----2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2----|
D |-4-------------|--------------------|
A |---------------|--------------------|
E |---------------|--------------------| 4x

During the verse:
   F#m   F#m/F  F#m/E     Dmaj7   Bm7      F#m
e ----------------4-2---------------------------------
B -----2--------------2---------------3-----3-2--------
G ---2------------------------------2-----------2------
D -4------------------------------4------------------(4)  <--2nd time
A --------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------

   F#m    F#m/F
  Sleep...

  F#m/E            Dmaj7
  I don’t need to sleep

     Bm7           F#m
  I hide my fist behind me

  F#m    F#m/F
  Dream...

  F#m/E            Dmaj7
  I don’t sleep I dream

      Bm7               Dmaj7
  My conscience lays beside me


     F#m
  If you were here

  If you were here, if I was there

      D               A        E/G#
  If you were here today, this day

     F#m
  If you were here, if you were here if I was there

      D                A        E/G#
  If you were here, today, this day


   F#m    F#m/F
  Speak...

  F#m/E            Dmaj7
  I don’t need to speak

          Bm7            F#m
  You’re satisfied with silence


  F#m       F#m/F
  Scream...

  F#m/E               Dmaj7
  I won’t speak I’ll scream

      Bm7                Dmaj7
  My conscience walks behind me


     F#m
  If you were here

  If you were here, if I was there

      D               A        E/G#
  If you were here today, this day

     F#m
  If you were here, if you were here if I was there

      D                A        E/G#
  If you were here, today, this day

Solo: (see tab below)

|C#m   |C#m   |D     |D     |
|A     |A     |E/G#  |E/G#  |  2x

      |F#m   |F#m   |

  F#m    F#m/F
  Sleep...

      F#m/E       Dmaj7
  And all my energy

     Bm7                Dmaj7
  I waste on dreams of silence

     F#m
  If you were here

  If you were here, if I was there

      D               A        E/G#
  If you were here today, this day

  F#m       F#m/F
  If you were here,

     F#m/E            F#m/D
  if you were here if I was there

     Bm7               Dmaj7    Bm7
  If you were here, today, this day, today

  |F#m    |F#m/F  |F#m/E  |F#m/D  |
  |Bm7    |Bm7    |Dmaj7  |Dmaj7  |

  F#m

Comments:  Dmaj7 = xx0222, Bm7 = x24232,
           F#m/x = Guitars play F#m (244222)
           at the same time as the bass plays the note under the slash.
           Play the intro riff during the chorus except when he sings
           "today, this day", but when it comes to the last chorus
           (the one with another chord pattern)
           you play this riff to the end.

Solo:

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--b11---11b---b11*-----11b---9-----------------------------------9---|
D |----------------------------------/12-11-11-9-(7)-9----------9-11----|
A |------------------------------------------------------9-9h12---------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--b11---11b*---b11**----11b---9--------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------/12-11-11-9-(7)-9\-----------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

b11 = bend two frets up
11b = bend to the original note
b11* = bend three frets up
/ = glide up
\ = glide down
h = (hammer on) take note on the ninth fret and add the little finger on the 12th fret without using the plectrum

Notes within () are very silent notes but they exist. I suspect that they glide the index finger from the ninth fret and down
to the seventh without hitting the plectrum.