If I Could Give All My Love

Counting Crows
If I Could Give All My Love
         -or-
Richard Manuel is Dead


Note: () denotes a single note (i.e. not a whole chord)


Intro Riff:

e|---------12-------------------10-----------------------------------------|
B|-12/14------14p12-----10/12------12p10-----------10--10/12--10-----------|
G|------------------14-------------------12--9/11--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------12-------------------10-----------------------------------------|
B|-12/14------14p12-----10/12------12p10-----------10--13-12-10------------|
G|------------------14-------------------12--9/11--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-1---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
Bm                    D
  Got a message in my head
                               A
that the papers had all come
                      Bm
Richard Manuel is dead
                                D
and the daylight's comin' on
                                        A
I've been wandering through the dark
                              Bm    (B) (C#) D
now I'm standing on the lawn


Chorus:
                 A      Bm     D
If I could give all my love to you
                  A
I could justify myself
        G                D
but I'm just not coming through
                           A
You're a pill to ease the pain
             G             D
of all the stupid things I do
             (C#)    Bm
I'm an anchor on the line
                          G
of a clock that tells the time
                       A   G   D
that is running out on you   (play first 1/2 of intro riff over A G D)


Verse 2:
Bm                    D
  It was cold when I awoke
                        A
and the day was halfway done
                         Bm
Nearly spring in San Francisco
                      D
and I cannot feel the sun
                          A
You were sleeping next to me
                         Bm   (B) (C#) D
but I knew that you'd be gone


Repeat Chorus


Lead-in to solo:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|----4~--5------4~--5-4-5-6~---|7

Solo chords: (key of A, I think)
Bm D A E
Bm D A G D


Verse 3:
Bm                          D
  Take some time before you go
                           A
To think of Mondays coming down
                        E
and the people that you knew
                           Bm
and the ones that aren't around
                          D
You've been fading day to day
                          Bm    D
I've been moving town to town


Repeat Chorus twice
(skip the intro riff between these repeats)
End with a variation on Riff 1 (it's a really easy variation)


Tabbed by Neil (oxtoby@physics.uq.edu.au) on Thursday 11 July 2002.