Matchbook Romance › If All Else Fails Guitar Tab

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If All Else Fails Tab

Send "If All Else Fails" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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guitar 1's parts
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pre-verse
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------6------6------6------6------6------6-----5-6---5-6---||
D|--------------6------6------6------6------6------6---------------||
A|--444444-4------4------4------4------4------4------4-----4-------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------||

E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

verse 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----666666666666---||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---666666666666---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4-444444444444---||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

break
E|------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------||
G|--55555555-6666-8888----------------------------||
D|--xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-444444444444-33333333-1~---||
A|--33333333-4444-6666-444444444444-33333333-1~---||
D|---------------------444444444444-33333333-1~---||

verse 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6-----5-6---5-6---||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6---------------||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4-----4-------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------||

E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----666666666666---||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---xxxxxxxxxxxx---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4-444444444444---||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666------------------------------||
D|--xxxxxxxxxxxx-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
pm               ........    ........

pre-verse
E|----------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6-----5-6---5-6---||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6---------------||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4-----4-------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------||

E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6~---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4---------||
D|-----------------------------------------------||

verse 3
E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----666666666666---||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6---xxxxxxxxxxxx---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4-444444444444---||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666-------------------------------------------||
D|--xxxxxxxxxxxx-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm               ........    ........

interlude
E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|--666666-888-101010-888-101010-111111-101010---||
D|--666666-xxx--x-x-x-xxx--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x---||
A|--444444-666--8-8-8-666--8-8-8--9-9-9--8-8-8---||
D|-----------------------------------------------||

E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|-----------------------------||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
A|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||

E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|--666666-888-101010-888-101010-111111-101010---||
D|--666666-xxx--x-x-x-xxx--x-x-x--x-x-x--x-x-x---||
A|--444444-666--8-8-8-666--8-8-8--9-9-9--8-8-8---||
D|-----------------------------------------------||

E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|-----------------------------||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
A|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||

break down
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6---7p6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----6---|| x2
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6---4h6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----6---||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||

E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6----||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4---------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------||

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6---7p6-----||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-----6---|| 
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4--------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||

E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6----||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4---------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------||

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444-xxxxxxxxxxxx-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666-------------------------------------------||
D|--xxxxxxxxxxxx-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm               ........    ........

E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm  ........    ........

E|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
A|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
pm  ........    ........

outro
start playing where he says my heart remains with you
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6----||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4---------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------||

E|--------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6-------||
D|-------6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6~----||
A|--4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4----------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------||



guitar 2's parts
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-for the most of the pre-verses and verses play at the
 guitar ones parts each time through

pre-verse
E|--------------------------------||
B|--7p6----------------4h6--------||
G|------6~~~---------------6~~~---||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||

verse
E|----------------------------------------||
B|--7p6-----------------------------------||
G|------6~~~-----------6666666666666666---||
D|---------------------6666666666666666---||
A|---------------------4444444444444444---||
D|----------------------------------------||

break
E|------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666----------------------------||
D|--666666666666-444444444444-33333333-1~---||
A|--333333333333-444444444444-33333333-1~---||
D|---------------444444444444-33333333-1~---||

repeat pre-verse and verse

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-666666666666-444444444444-666666666666-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666------------------------------||
D|--666666666666-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
pm               ........    ........

pre-verse
E|--------------------------------||
B|--7p6----------------7/6-66/9---||
G|------6~~~----------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||

verse
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--9-7-6---6-7------------------------------------||
G|--------------6-5-5h6p5-------4/3-6-8-6-5--------||
D|------------------------6-6h8-------------6~~~---||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------||

E|----------------------------------------||
B|--7p6-----------------------------------||
G|------6~~~-----------6666666666666666---||
D|---------------------6666666666666666---||
A|---------------------4444444444444444---||
D|----------------------------------------||

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-666666666666-444444444444-666666666666-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666-------------------------------------------||
D|--666666666666-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm               ........    ........

interlude
E|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------||
G|--666666666666----------------||
D|--666666666666-111111111111---||
A|--444444444444-111111111111---||
D|---------------111111111111---||

E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|-----------------------------||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
A|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444---||

E|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------||
G|--777777777777----------------||
D|--777777777777-111111111111---||
A|--555555555555-111111111111---||
D|---------------111111111111---||

E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444~~~---||
A|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444~~~---||
D|--4444x-4444x-4444x-444444~~~---||

break down
after guitar 1 plays twice
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|--6~~~--6~~~--6~~~---||
D|--x~~~--x~~~--6~~~---|| x3
A|--4~~~--4~~~--4~~~---||
D|---------------------||

E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|--666666666666666666666666---||
D|--666666666666666666666666---||
A|--444444444444444444444444---||
D|-----------------------------||

chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------666666666666--------------666666666666----------------||
D|--444444444444-666666666666-444444444444-666666666666-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444-444444444444---||
D|--444444444444--------------444444444444--------------444444444444---||

E|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------||
G|--666666666666-------------------------------------------||
D|--666666666666-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--444444444444-11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|---------------11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm               ........    ........

E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
A|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~-444444444444---||
pm  ........    ........

E|-------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
A|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
D|--11111111-1~-33333333-3~/4~---||
pm  ........    ........

outro
start playing where he says my heart remains with you
E|-----8--9--------------8--8--9--9------------------------------------||
B|--9--------9--9--9--9--------------11--11--11--11--9--9--7--7p6------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------6~---||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------||

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If All Else Fails Tab

Send "If All Else Fails" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rene Average	#1 by Rene Salojärvi at Jan 15, 1970 at 3:27 AM EST
	The lyrics to this song are awesome, but the idiot who posted them should have wrote them the right way.

No Picture Eric Average	#2 by Eric Zinkhon at Aug 12, 1971 at 4:05 AM EST
	one of my favorite songs.. ever.. the lyrics are simply amazing.

No Picture Chris Average	#3 by Chris Essery at Feb 4, 1975 at 4:27 PM EST
	I really like this song! ob course i would if i was gonna post this DUH! ....i like the intro and how the instruments 'ease' into the song to create this tension and a kinda of melancholy tone, but it builds up towards the end at the song and this strong release of rhythm and energy! it works so well! I adore, how Matchbook romance make use of harmonies in Punk music their soo cool ! ^.^ The lyrics are really beatuiful .. they don't write songs like this any more! i mean its about the heartbreaking decision about leaving the ones you love... Good song cosh their a Great band! Gotta love it !

No Picture Sarah McKagan Musical Genius	#4 by Sarah McKagan (AKA - Lady Rock 'n' Roll) at Jun 13, 1981 at 5:54 PM EST
	I love this song. enough said, i sent this to my girlfriend and told her it was my song from me to her, it just describes so many of my feelings for her. "and i'm not sure what I'm looking for but it's clear to see the purpose of my existence is laying here in front of me" onr of my favourite lines, just beautiful.

No Picture bob Average	#5 by bob fred at Jun 14, 1985 at 7:11 PM EST
	This song is so beautiful. I looove it. It is one of my favorite songs. I think it is about a guy who is reassuring the girl he loves that he will be there no matter what happens. He is not sure what his future holds, but he will always hold her close to his heart. Sigh I want a guy like that.

No Picture IvZ Average	#6 by IvZ at Jan 6, 1987 at 10:20 PM EST
	"So close your eyes and sleep to dream. I'm by your side. No words to speak. We'll set our course and make it through. No matter how far I go, my heart remains with you." i can relate to this song as with every song by MR.

No Picture Pasquale Average	#7 by Pasquale at Oct 21, 1989 at 11:41 PM EST
	this is a godly song. makes me cry.

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#8 by Renee Saenz at Sep 22, 2003 at 12:09 AM EST
	I can't believe how few people have commented about this band. They are soo good. I hope they start getting more recognition! This song is awesome!

No Picture albert Rhythm Player	#9 by albert casualtie at Mar 1, 2006 at 8:20 AM EST
	This song is amazing... my fave!!! I love the ending... "no matter how much this hurts i wanted you to know my heart remains with you"