If I Could Give All My Love -or- Richard Manuel is Dead Counting Crows Standard Tuning Note: () denotes single note (i.. not whole chord) Intro riff: E-|--------12------------| B-|-12/14-----14-12------10/12--14-12------------10-10/12-10--| G-|------------14------------14-12---9/11------------| -|------------| -|------------| -|------------| E-|--------12------------| B-|-12/14-----14-12------10/12--14-12------------10-13-12-10--| G-|------------14------------14-12---9/11------------| -|------------| -|------------| -|------------| Verse 1: Got a message in my head that the papers had all come Richard Manuel is dead and the daylight’s comin’ on I’ve been wandering through the dark now I’m standing on the lawn Chorus: If I could give all my love to you I could justify myself but I’m just not coming through You’re a pill to ease the pain of all the stupid things I do I’m an anchor on the line of a clock that tells the time (play first 1/2 of intro riff over that is running out on you Verse 2: It was cold when I awoke and the day was halfway done Nearly spring in San Francisco and I cannot feel the sun You were sleeping next to me but I knew that you’d be gone Repeat Chorus Lead-in to solo: E-|------------| B-|------------| G-|------------| D-|------------| A-|------------| E-|----4~--5------4~--5-4-5-6~---|7 Solo chords: (key of A I think) Verse 3: Take some time before you go To think of Mondays coming down and the people that you knew and the ones that aren’t around You’ve been fading day to day I’ve been moving town to town Repeat Chorus twice (skip the intro riff between these repeats) End with a variation on Riff 1 (it’s a really easy variation)