Dawes - If I Wanted Someone

dawes – if i wanted someone
from the album “nothing is wrong”

tabbed by randmcnally at ultimate – guitar . com

standard tuning ( eadgbe )

Em Am C Em
like the memory from your mother’s house from before you got too old
Em Am C Em
like the feeling from a photograph before it’s meanings all got told
D Am G Am
the words i say can be silver , but what’s left unsaid can be gold
Am ( slide or hammer on G string from 2 to 4 )
so get to know me once i go away

Em

Em Am C Em
maybe ’cause i come from such an empty – hearted town
Em Am C Em
or maybe ’cause some love of mine had really let me down
D Am G Am
but the only time i Am lonely is when others are around
Am ( slide or hammer on G string from 2 to 4 )
i just never end up knowing what to say

Em

C G
if i wanted someone to clean me up , i’d find myself a maid
D Am
if i wanted someone to spend my money , i wouldn’t need to get paid
C G
if i wanted someone to understand me , i’d have so much more to say
D Em C
i want you to make the days move easy

Em Am C Em
i took everything i thought from what it means to be a man
Em Am C Em
we need words to be put to what we do not understand
D Am G Am
while you lean into the echoes and you do not raise a hand
Am ( slide or hammer on G string from 2 to 4 )
oh woman , help me see it like it is

C G
if i wanted someone to clean me up , i’d find myself a maid
D Am
if i wanted someone to spend my money , i wouldn’t need to get paid
C G
if i wanted someone to understand me , i’d have so much more to say
D Em C
i want you to make the days move easy

Em Am C Em Em Am C Em D Am G Am etc

C G
if i wanted someone to clean me up , i’d find myself a maid
D Am
if i wanted someone to spend my money , i wouldn’t need to get paid
C G
if i wanted someone to cut me down , i’d have handed you the blade
D Em C
i want you to make the days move easy
D Em Em C
i just want you to make the days move easy

enjoy!