Song: If I Had Eyes (Acoustic)
Artist: Jack Johnson
Tabbed by: Robb rlsjaws@gmail.com
This is the solo, acoustic version that Jack performed during his performance for BBC Radio.
He uses barre chords for basically the entire song and plays in a lower key than his
versions, but you can use standard chords and itll sound fine.
Barre Chords
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Dm7
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Intro (barre chords)
C G2 F Dm7 (x2)
Verse (barre chords)
C G2
If I had eyes in the back of my head
F Dm7 C
F Dm7
I would tell you that you looked good as I walked away
C G2
If you could've tried to trust the hand that fed
F Dm7 C
F Dm7
You would've never been hungry but you never really be
C G2
The more of this or less of this or is there any difference
F Dm7 G
or we just holding onto things that we don't have anymore
Chorus (standard or barre)
C Dm7 F C
Sometimes time doesn't heal no not at all
C Dm7 F C
It just stands still while we fall
C Dm7 F C
In or out of love again I doubt
C Dm7 F C
I'm gonna win you back when you got eyes like that
G
They won't let me in
C G2 F Dm7
Always looking out
C G2
A lot of people spend their time just floating
F Dm7
We were victims together but lonely
C G2
You got hungry eyes that just can't look forward
F Dm7
Can't give them enough but we just can't start over
C G2
Building with bent nails we're falling but holding
F Dm7 G
I don't wanna take up anymore of your time
G
Time time time
C Dm7 F C
Sometimes time doesn't heal no not at all
C Dm7 F C
It just stands still while we fall
C Dm7 F C
In or out of love again I doubt
C Dm7 F C
I'm gonna win you back when you got eyes like that
G
They won't let me in
C G2 F Dm7
Always looking out...oooooooooh
C G2 F Dm7
Always looking out...oooooooooh
C
Always looking out
