If Only Tab par Fiction Plane

[Intro]
G D A D x3
G G A D

[Verse]
D                  A       G D
The old man's been stealing
D                  A              
She's holding her grievance for a 
G           D
hundred-odd years
D            A        G D
We all keep believing
D             A             G          
That history repeats itself year after 
D
year

[Pre-Chorus]
G     A               Bm          D
All I fear's that the future is worse
G           A            Bm            
We have to give in to the hundred-year 
D
curse
G           A              Bm         
Sweat in the sun like we're diggin' a 
D
grave
G             A         Bm            
Dig deep enough and our fortune we'll 
D
save

[Chorus]
G         D          A             
"If only, if only," the woodpecker 
D
sighs,
G                D            A       
"The bark on the trees was as soft as 
   D
the skies,"
G                D       A          
As the wolf waits below, hungry and 
D
lonely
G              G            A         
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if 
D
only."

[Verse]
D          A         G           D
Chasin' the skirt of a beautiful wife
D        A                G            
You make mistakes and it's my back that
D
breaks
D          A         G        D
And forever my past steals my life
D            A                     G   
To submission I'm beat but there's hope
              D
beneath these feet

[Pre-Chorus]
G           A             Bm         
Blisters and blood and the sun makes 
   D
you blind
G                A                Bm   
You don't let it eat 'til it can't help
        D
but be kind
G                      A              
'Cause you know what's important with 
   Bm           G
your back to the wall
G             A                     
You can break metal chains when your 
Bm                     Bm
friends don't let you fall

[Chorus]
G         D          A             
"If only, if only," the woodpecker 
D
sighs,
G                D            A       
"The bark on the trees was as soft as 
   D
the skies,"
G                D       A          
As the wolf waits below, hungry and 
D
lonely
G              G            A         
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if 
D
only."

[Bridge]
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B|------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0--|  x6
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

N.C.
I'm a sword but I find myself blunt
And that is no use when I'm fighting my
history, fighting my history
N.C.
I have no blade, I'm more like a 
feather
That is no use when I' m fighting my 
history, fighting my history
N.C.
I have no blade, I'm more like a 
feather
But I can't fly away when I'm fighting 
myself

[Chorus]
Bb        F        C              F
"If only, if only," the woodpecker 
sighs,
Bb               F           C        
"The bark on the trees was as soft as 
  F
the skies,"
Bb                F     C          F
As the wolf waits below, hungry and 
lonely
Bb              Bb       C         F
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if 
only."

[Chorus]
Bb        F        C              F
"If only, if only," the woodpecker 
sighs,
Bb               F           C        
"The bark on the trees was as soft as 
  F
the skies,"
Bb                F     C          F
As the wolf waits below, hungry and 
lonely
Bb              Bb       C         F
He cries to the mo-oo-n, "If only, if 
only."

[Outro]
Bb F C F x3
Bb Bb C F