Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Song: If You Don't, Don't
Album: Bleed American (2001)
Transcripted by: Nick Conrad
Date: 9-29-02
Email: nicksonofarne@hotmail.com
To Sarah Maxey, Here's to memories...
If You Don't, Don't
Capo 1st Fret
Verse 1:
Cmaj7 Fmaj7b5
What's wrong baby, don't they treat you like they should?
Cmaj7 Fmaj7b5
Did you take 'em for it? Every penny that you could?
Am
We once walked out on the beach,
F
And once I almost touched your hand.
C Gsus
Oh how I dreamed to finally say such things then only to pretend.
Verse 2:
Don't you know I'm thinkin', drivin' 405 past midnight.
You know I miss you. Ninth and Ash on a Tuesday night.
I would write to you from a museum mile,
Toast to you: your whisper, your smile.
Up the stairs at the Weatherford, a ghost each place I hide.
Chorus:
F G
If you don't don't know, why'd you say so?
Em F
Would you mean this please if it happens?
F G
If you don't know, why would you say so?
Em F
Won't you get your story straight.
F G
If you don't know, honey, why'd you just say so?
Em F
'Cause I need this now more than I ever did.
F G
If you don't well, honey, then you don't.
Verse 3:
I left you waiting, at the least could we be friends?
Should have never started, ain't that the way it always ends?
On my life I'll try today,
There's so much I've felt I should say, but
Even if your heart would listen, doubt I could explain.
Chorus
Instrumental (Verse)
Verse 4:
So here we are now, a sip of wine, a sip of water.
Someday maybe, maybe someday we'll be smarter.
And I'm sorry that I'm such a mess,
I drank all my money could get and,
Took everything you let me have, and then I never loved you back.
Chorus
Chords Used:
Cmaj7 x32000
Fmaj7b5 133200
Am x02210
F 133211
C x32010
Gsus 3x0013
G 320003
Em 022000