Tuning: Standard 440 Tuning
Key:
/ = slide up
= slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t^ = tap with right hand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
() = Dive wbar
(/) = Release wbar
Tp = Tap wplectrum
Intro:
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Verse 1:
D G Bm
I wake up and wonder how everything went wrong.
A G
Am I the one to blame?
D G Bm
I gave up and left you for a nowhere-bound train.
A G
Now that train has come and gone.
Em Bm
I close my eyes and see you lying in my bed.
D A G
And I still dreamed of that day.
Chorus:
E G#m
What could have been love,
F#m B E
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
G#m A B E
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me.
G#m F#m B C#m
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And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free.
B F#
What could have been love will never be.
Verse 2:
D G
An old friend who told me that you found somebody new.
Bm A G
Oh, you're finally moving on.
D G
You think that I'd be over you after all these years.
Bm A G#m
Yeah, but time has proved me wrong.
G
'Cause I'm still holdin' on.
Chorus:
E G#m
What could have been love,
F#m B E
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
G#m A B E
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me. (What could of been love)
G#m F#m B C#m
And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free.
B A
What could have been love will never be.
Bridge:
F#m C#m
We've gone our separate ways. Say goodbye to another day.
F#m C#m
I still wonder where you at. Are you too far from turning back?
D B
You were slipping through my hands and I didn't understand.
Chorus:
E G#m
What could have been love,
F#m B E
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be.
G#m A B E
Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me. (What could of been love)
G#m F#m B C#m
And now that I'm alone all I have is emptiness that comes from being free.
B A
What could have been love will never be.
B
What could have been love will never be.
E - B - A - B
What could have been love...
E - B - A - B
What could have been love...
E - B - A - B E - B - A
What could have been love...