What If

How hard is it?

Ad: Want to make What If sound awesome on your harmonica? Master tight single notes, rock solid bending and more with easy video lessons → click here.

How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

WHAT IF                        COLDPLAY

KEY OF A


 -8  -8   -8   -8 -8   7
What if there was no light

 -6   -7   7      7   -8  -7
Noth-ing wrong, noth-ing right

 -8  -8   -8   -8 -8  -8
What if there was no time

 -6 -7  7   -7  -8  -7
And no rea-son, or rhyme

  8  8   8    8    8   7
What if you should de-cide

 -5   8    -8    7  -7  -6b  -5  -5b  -4
That you don't want me there by your side

 -5   8    -8    7  -7  -6b  -5  -5b  -4
That you don't want me there in your life

VERSE 2

 -8  -8 -8 -8 -8   7
What if I got it wrong

 -6 -7  7  7 -8  -6
And no po-em or song

  -8   -8  -8    -5 -8  -8   7
Could put right what I got wrong

-5  -6   -7   7  7 -8  -7
Or make you feel I be-long

(CHORUS)

  8  8   8    8    8   7
What if you should de-cide

 -5   8    -8    7  -7  -6b  -5  -5b  -4
That you don't want me there by your side

 -5   8    -8    7  -7  -6b  -5  -5b  -4
That you don't want me there in your life


VERSE

 7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

 -6    -6  -6  -6     -6  -6  6  5    6
Let's take a breath, jump ov-er the side

 7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

 7   7   7    7   7   7  7   -7   6   5  6
How can you know it, if you don't ev-en try

 7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

VERSE 3 same as 2
Every step that you take
Could be your biggest mistake
It could bend or it could break
That's the risk that you take

(CHORUS)

7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

 -6    -6  -6  -6     -6  -6  6  5    6
Let's take a breath, jump ov-er the side

 7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

 7   7   7    7   7   7  7   -7   6   5  6
How can you know it, if you don't ev-en try

 7    -6     7
Ooh that's right

ENJOY!!!

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound