{"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":1153817,"song":"As If I Could","artist":"Ted Leo","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11255670-as-if-i-could-chords-by-ted-leo/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1153817?type=chord","rating":4.76801,"votes":4,"content":"Here's a new song that Ted Leo performs.  It's awesome.  I love it.  I think the lyrics\r\nare 98% right.  Just not sure what he says in the second line, (dubious?) and few other\r\nlines might be iffy.  Other than that, I think it's fairly accurate.  Not sure what he \r\ndoes between the verses though.  Maybe some variation of the D chord.  The notes that he\r\npicks are e, d c#, b.\r\n\r\n[tab]-------------------------|\r\n-------------------------|\r\n-------------------------|\r\n----2----0---------------|\r\n----------------4-----2--|\r\n-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI spent the morning with my vitamins and many black teas[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]           picking part\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch],[ch]D[/ch], [ch]C#[/ch], [ch]B[/ch]\r\ncombatting the dubious induced haze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbarely awake, already shaken by the misty newsfeed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI ain't slept very well for days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nfor all the schadenfreude of mocking stupid politicians[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI should try to bring a better spirit to my day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nalthough I can't believe our souls are at their basest, good[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ni'd like to live as if I could (oh yea)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\ni'd like to live as if I could[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou try to offer something without asking much return[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]        Picking part\r\nAt best even less than it is worth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd watch it taken every day from every petty picker[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMore than you can accumulate from birth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo, you might never know how the work you've done affects your living[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrust in animus might just get you through the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd though I don't believe it's lucky when you knock on wood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd to live as if I could (oh yea)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd to live as if i could.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBreakdown: [ch]D[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]Bm[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Fm[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch],\r\nPick, [ch]A[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]Fm[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]Bm[/ch], [ch]G[/ch],\r\n[ch]Fm[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch]…\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd though I don't believe in God, and don't think that I should[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ni'd like to live as if I could (oh yea)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ni'd like to live as if I could.[/tab]","plain_text":"Here's a new song that Ted Leo performs.  It's awesome.  I love it.  I think the lyrics\nare 98% right.  Just not sure what he says in the second line, (dubious?) and few other\nlines might be iffy.  Other than that, I think it's fairly accurate.  Not sure what he \ndoes between the verses though.  Maybe some variation of the D chord.  The notes that he\npicks are e, d c#, b.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG                     F#m                 Em           picking part\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreakdown: D, A, Bm, G, Fm, Em,\nPick, A, Em, Fm, Em, Bm, G,\nFm, Em…","chords":["D","A","Bm","G","F#m","Em","E","C#","B","Fm"],"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]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}