If

Bread

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Snelheid4

Spatie = start/stop · ↓↑ = sneller/langzamer

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(A) (A7) (A) (Dm) (A) (Dm) (E)

If a (A)picture paints a (A7)thousand words,
then (A)why can't (A7)I paint (D)you?
The (Dm)words will never (A)show, fore (Dm)you I've come to (E)know.

If a (A)face could launch a (A7)thousand ships,
then (A)where am (A7)I to (D)go?
There's (Dm)no one home but (A)you,
you're (Dm)all that's left me (E)too.

And (F#m)when my (C#m)love for (F#m)life is running (Bm)dry,
you (C#m)come and (F#)pour your(Bm)self on (E)me.

If a (A)man could be two (A7)places, at one (A)time,
I'd (A7)be with (D)you.
(Dm)Tomorrow and to(A)day, be(Dm)side you all the (E)way.

If the (A)world should stop re(A7)volving, (A)spinning (A7)slowly down to (D)die
I'd (Dm)spend the end with (A)you,
and (Dm)when the world was (E)through

Then (F#m)one by (C#m)one, the (F#m)stars would all go (Bm)out,
then (C#m)you and (F#)I would (Bm)simply fly (E)a (A)way

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van If van Bread spelen op Gitaartabs. Dit pop-nummer uit 1971 staat op het album Manna en is perfect voor gitaristen die net beginnen hun akkoordspel uit te breiden. Met een beginner-vriendelijke opzet kun je snel meespelen en het melodische karakter van dit klassieke nummer voelen.

Op niveau 2 werk je met de akkoorden A, Dm, A7, E, D en F#m. Dit format geeft je de volledige grip op het nummer zonder ingewikkelde fingerstyle-technieken. Pak je gitaar, zet de akkoorden in en ontdek hoe goed dit nummer onder je vingers voelt.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord Bm
Bm is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: A7 ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.