IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I SEE Geoff Moore and the Distance copyright 1993 Starstruck Music capo 3 (orig key Bb maj) Intro: G / / / Em / / / C / / / D / / / (x2) ========== VERSE 1 ========== G / / / D/F# / / / Em2 / / / Em/D / / / C2 All of my life I have dreamed that some-how love would find me. / / / D / / / G / / / D/F# / / / Now I can't believe you're stan-ding here. G / / / D/F# / / / Em2 / / / Em/D / / / C2 If beauty is all in the eye of the behol-der then I / / / A/C# / / / C2/D / / / D / / / wish you could see the love for you that lives in me. ========== CHORUS ========== G / / / Em / / / C / / / C / D / G And you would know you have my heart, if you could see what I see; / / / Em / / / C / / / C / D / Em That a trea-sure's what you are, if you could see what I see; / / / D/F# / / / C G/B Am G / C / / G/B Created to be the on-ly one for me; Am / / / D/F# / / / G / / / (Em C D) If you could see what I see ========== VERSE 2 ========== G / / / D/F# / / / Em2 / / / Em/D / / / C2 I know there are days when you feel so much less than ideal / / / D / / / G / / / D/F# / / / Wondering what I see in you G / / / D/F# / / / Em2 It's all of the light and the grace / / / Em/D / / / C2 your belief in me drives me to say / / / A/C# / / / C2/D / / / D / / / that I promise you a faith-ful love fore-ver true ========== CHORUS ========== And you would know you have my heart, if you could see what I see; That a trea-sure's what you are, if you could see what I see; Created to be the on-ly one for me; If you could see ========== BRIDGE ========== D / / / C / / / C / / / G/B / / / G/B (...) Then you'd un-der-stand why I fall down to my knees; / / / Em / / / Bm7 / Em and I pray my love will be wor - thy of / Am / G/B / C / / D / G the One who gave His life so our love could be. ========== CHORUS ========== (And you would know you have my heart), if you could see what I see; (That a trea-sure's what you are), if you could see what I see; Em / / / D/F# / / / C G/B Am G C / / / C / / G/B You're created to be the per-fect one for me Am / / / D/F# / / / G / / / (Em C D) If you could see what I see ========== CODA ========== If beauty is all in the eye of the beholder then I Am beholding true beauty. ========== TABS ========== [ These are off the net; my suspicion is Geoff uses a single 12-string capoed at 3, and not two 6-strings. The solo part also feels more like nylon strings. -- seanho ] LOWER guitar, Capo 3rd (all relative) G               Em7                |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----2h4-2-4--------2h42-0---0---| |---0---------0----0--------4-----| |---------------------------------| |-3--------------0----------------| C2            D(sus) |-------3---3-------3-2h3p2p0-----| |-----3---3-------3-----------3---| |---0-----------2---------------2-| |-------------0-------------------| |-3-------------------------------| |---------------------------------| HIGHER guitar, Capo 3rd (all relative) G               Em7                |-----5s7-5-7--------5s7-5--3-2-3-| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| C2            D(sus) |-------3---3-------3-2h3p2p0-----| |-----3---3-------3-----------3---| |---0-----------2---------------2-| |-------------0-------------------| |-3-------------------------------| |---------------------------------| #h# = hammer on from fret# to fret# #s# = slide from fret# to fret# #p# = hammer off (pull) fret# to fret# note: on C2 and D(sus), guitars play same part note: bass comes in on repeat note: repeat varies slightly, without grace       notes on D(sus) [verse] G D*/F# Em2,7 D C2 D G D/F# G D*/F# Em2,7 D C2 A2/C# D2 D2 GUITAR capo 3rd fret (relative), rough transcription, not exact   G                  D*/F#             |-------------------------------------| |----------------------------3--------| |-----0---0h2-2h4-2--------2----0---0-| |---0---0------0---------0--------4---| |-------------------------------------| |-3--------------------2--------------| Em2,7             D |----------------------------------| |-------3--------0-----------------| |-----0-----0--------2p0h2---0---0-| |---4-----4--------0-----------4---| |----------------------------------| |-0--------------------------------|   C2              D             |-----------------------------| |----3----------------3-------| |--0----0h2-2h4-2---2---------| |-----------------0-----4-2-0-| |-3---------------------------| |-----------------------------| G            D/F# |---------------------2--0-----| |-------3-----------3------3---| |-----0-----0-----2------------| |---0-----0--------------------| |------------------------------| |-3-------------2--------------| ... ... #h# = hammer on from fret# to fret# #p# = hammer off (pull) fret# to fret# note: there may two guitars playing a       mixture of the above tab note: one guitar follows the melody almost       note by note note: obviously the part continues, but it       would take forever to tab [chorus] G Em7 C2 C2-D          G Em7 C2 C2-D/F# Em7 D/F# C-G/B-Am-G C2-G/B-Am2 D/F# [intro 1x] G Em7 C2 Dsus-D [repeat verse] [repeat chorus] [bridge] C2 C2 G/B G/B Em Bm7-Em Am-G/B-C-D2 [chorus (w/solo)] two options for playing SOLO: 1. HIGHER POSITION SOLO electric guitar capo 3rd fret (all relative)         G          Em7             ------|--------------------------| ------|--------------------------| ------|--------------------------| ----5-|-5s7-5----5-5s7-7s9-7-5---| -5h7--|-------5h7--------------5-| ------|--------------------------|   C2           D |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--------------------------5-| |-5s7-------------------5h7--| |----------------------------|   G          Em7            |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |------------------7-------| |-5s7-5----5-5s7-7---7s9-7-| |-------5h7----------------| |--------------------------|   C2           D |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-5h7p5----------------0h2p0-| |-------5h7-7-------0h2------| |----------------------------| 2. or LOWER POSITION SOLO electric guitar capo 3rd fret (all relative)         G          Em7            ------|--------------------------| ------|--------------------------| ----0-|-0h2-0----0-0h2-2s4-2-0---| -0h2--|-------0h2--------------0-| ------|--------------------------| ------|--------------------------|   C2            D |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--------------------------0-| |-0h2-------------------0h2--| |----------------------------| |----------------------------|   G          Em7             |--------------------------| |------------------3-------| |-0h2-0----0-0h2-2---2s4-2-| |-------0h2----------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|   C2           D |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-0h2p0----------------------| |-------0h2-2----------0h2p0-| |-------------------0h2------| |----------------------------| #h# = hammer on from fret# to fret# #s# = slide from fret# to fret# #p# = hammer off (pull) fret# to fret# note: the higher position has more accurate slides note: the vocals fill in spaces in the       middle of the solo (repeat intro 1x) [end verse] G Dno3/F# Em2,7 D2 C2 D2 G Transcribed by Alexander Chen (04/23/98) thatalex@aol.com For more transcriptions and more, visit ... http://members.aol.com/thatalex/