{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1091025,"song":"If Work Permits","artist":"The Format","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1091025-if-work-permits-chords-by-the-format/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1091025?type=chord","rating":4.85892,"votes":30,"content":"Song: If Work Permits\r\nArtist: The Format\r\nAlbum: Dog Problems (2006)(Track 12)\r\nTabbed by: Brandon Karcic\r\n\r\nLast song on the album. My personal favorite.\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO / THE VERSE WHERE SHE CHEATED ON HIM\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo the wind that blows across your room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]       \r\nCarried cheap perfume onto your dresser,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                              \r\nIt rained for jewelery and for credit cards,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTwo tickets to a film I don't remember,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                          \r\nOne day you'll kiss your rabbit's nose, pick up the phone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo find I've been turned over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou grab that piece of gold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnly to find that the smell has taken over,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd all the things you had,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey aren't the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs what you hold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm standin' in a room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's filled with older folks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nThey're pleading baby listen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]            \r\nAnd I scream as loud as anyone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut when asked to make a point,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI tend to whisper[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow highways turn to tidal waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd they're asking me to export all of your insecurities,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that wind that blows across your room, it's gonna set the sails,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd send me back to you, ooh,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS - THE MELLOW ONE\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Think twice, about where they're anchorin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n And I think, I could make better use,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Of my time on land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I'll drink less,[/tab]\r\n\r\n Cause Lord knows I could use a,\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Warm kiss instead of a cold goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Hey I'm doing all right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE VERSE WHERE HE RECOUNTS A DARK CHILDHOOD MEMORY\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a shame what your father did,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTo your brothers head, he smashed it with the[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTelephone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   \r\nYour mother got scared and locked the door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nYou were only four, but Lord, you remember it,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]         \r\n    So now you're scared of love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm here to tell you love's not some fucking blood on the receiver[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLove is speaking in code[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's an inside joke, love is coming home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS - THE NOT MELLOW ONE\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Think twice, about where they're anchorin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n And I think, I could make better use,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Of my time on land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I'll drink less,[/tab]\r\n\r\n Cause Lord knows I could use a,\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Warm kiss, Instead of a cold goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\n I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n Hey I[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE VERSE WHERE HE'S OVER HER\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm doing alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm doin' just fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' if she seems as lonely as me, Let her sink[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm doin' alright,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm doin' just fine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAn' if she seems as lonely as me, let her,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSink, you let her, sink, well let her![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE SECOND BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3 AGAIN / OUTRO\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nFinish the album with loud grinding feedback","plain_text":"Song: If Work Permits\nArtist: The Format\nAlbum: Dog Problems (2006)(Track 12)\nTabbed by: Brandon Karcic\n\nLast song on the album. My personal favorite.\n\n\nINTRO / THE VERSE WHERE SHE CHEATED ON HIM\n\nE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS - THE MELLOW ONE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Cause Lord knows I could use a,\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3\n\nE A\nE A B\nE A\nE A B\n\n\nTHE VERSE WHERE HE RECOUNTS A DARK CHILDHOOD MEMORY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS - THE NOT MELLOW ONE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Cause Lord knows I could use a,\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE VERSE WHERE HE'S OVER HER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE SECOND BAMF BREAKDOWN / THE KING OF CARROT FLOWERS PT. 3 AGAIN / OUTRO\n\n\nE A\nE A B\nE A\nE A B\nE A\nE A B\nE A\nE B A\n\nFinish the album with loud grinding feedback","chords":["E","A","B7","F#","B","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}