Date: 3/2/99; 1:21:33 PM
From: "Mark and Allison Albert" <markalbert@pipeline.com>
Subject: g/gill_vince/if_you_ever_have_forever.tab

IF YOU EVER HAVE FOREVER IN MIND (Vince Gill / Troy Seals)
performed by Vince Gill on THE KEY
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipelinecom


CHORD CHART (see suggested fingering below)
INTRO: |F |Dm |Gm |C |
VERSE: |F |F7 |Bb |Bb |F |F |C Gm |C C7 |
       |F |F7 |Bb |Bb Bdim7 |F Dm |Gm C |F Bb |F C |
CHORUS: |F Fmaj7 |Cm F7 |Bb |Bb |C |C |F |C |
        |F Fmaj7 |Cm F7 |Bb |Bb Bdim7 |F Dm |
        |Gm C |F Dm |Gm C |


INTRO
F Dm Gm C


VERSE 1
               F     F7             Bb   
You're climbing mountains, I'm on a hill
              F                     C  Gm  C
You're always running I'm standing still
   C7             F          F7       Bb
You live for the moment, no future no past
 Bdim7     F       Dm          Gm        C           F   Bb   F  C
I may be a fool to love by the rules and want it to last


CHORUS
       F   Fmaj7    Cm  F7  Bb (riff 1)
If you ever have forever in mind
        C                F (riff 2)  C
I'll be here and easy to find
        F Fmaj7     Cm F7                  Bb (riff 3) Bdim7
If your heart isn't ready to lay down with mine
       F    Dm   Gm    C     F Dm Gm C
If you ever have forever in mind


VERSE 2                                (riff 4)
The music has ended still you want to dance
                (riff 5)                      (riff 6)
I know that feeling, I can't take that chance
                 (riff 7)               (riff 8)
You live for the moment no future no past
            (riff 9)                           (riff 10)
I may be a fool to love by the rules, I want it to last


(repeat CHORUS)


CODA (see CODA riff)

 
     ____
    |    |     |    |
    |    |  =  |    |       triple eighths
    /    /     /    /
                  /
                  3


riff 1                   _____                             _____
  |          |   |     |  |  |     |          |   |     |  |  |
  |      /|  |    |     |  |  |     |      /|  |    |     |  |  |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------5----3-----5--3-----|-------------5----3-----5--3-----|
|-1---------/-----------------5--|--1---------/-----------------5--|
|-----------S--------------------|------------S--------------------|


riff 2
                         _____       ____    ____    ____    ____
  |          |   |     |  |  |     |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
  |      /|  |    |     |  |  |     |    |  |    |  |    |  |    |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------5----3-----0--1--2--|--3----3--1----1--0----0---------|
|-1---------/--------------------|--------------------------3----3-|
            S

riff 3
                         _____              _____           
  |          |   |     |  |  |     |      |  |  |   |      /
  |      /|  |    |     |  |  |     |      |  |  |   |      
|--------------------------------|--------(-)----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------5----3-----5--3-----|---------------------------------|
|-1---------/-----------------5--|--1---------0--1---2-------------|
|-----------S--------------------|---------------------------------|


riff 4 (CD = 2:26)
    _______          _________     _________        
   |   |   |        |    |    |   |    |    |          _
   |   |   |     | |    |    |   |    |    |         |_|
|-(-)------1--|--3-(4)---1----3---1---------1----------------------|
|------3------|---/-------------------3---------------------------|
|-------------|----B-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|


riff 5 (CD = 2:34)
    _____________        _________        
   |      |      |      |    |    |       /          _
   |      |  |  |      |    |    |                |_|
|-10-----13---------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-(13)-|--10----7---10--------------------------------|
|-------------/----|-----/---------------------------------------|
|--------------B----|------S---------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|


riff 6 (CD = 2:40)
                     
         _____   ___5___   ______      _______________   ___
   /     |  |  | |_|_|_|_| |_|_|  |    |____|____|_____| |   |  _
        |  |  | | | | | | | | |  |    |    |    | |-| | |   | |_|
|-------(-)----------------5-6-8-10--|-5---------------------------|
|--------------5-6---5-6-8-------/---|------8----6-5-6-5-----------|
|-----------7------7-------------S---|--------------//-7---5-----|
|------------------------------------|---------------H-P----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------S---|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


riff 7 (CD = 2:49
                                    
         |  |          |           /            _
    /|   |   |          |                      |_|
|--------5---5------|----------------------------------------------|
|----------/-------|---4------------------------------------------|
|--------5---5------|---2------------------------------------------|
|----------/-------|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------T-------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|


riff 8 (CD = 2:56)
    _______     _______        _______
   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |  |          _
   |   |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |  |         |_|
|-(-)-(4)-(4)-(4)--3---3---|--3---1---1--1-------------------------|
|---------------/---------|----/-----/--------------------------|
|----------------R---------|-----P------T--------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|


riff 9 (CD = 3:02)
    _______                           _______
   |   |   |   |      _              |   |   |   |      _
   |   |   |   |     |_|             |   |   |   |     |_|
|-(-)-----------------------------|-(-)-----13--13-----------------|
|---------13--13------------------|-----15-------------------------|
|-----14--------------------------|-----/--------------------------|
|-----/---------------------------|-----S--------------------------|
|-----S---------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|


riff 10 (CD = 3:11)

       _________        _______    ________              
   /   |  _  |   |      |   |   |  |  |_|_|_|  |  |   /       |  |
      | |-| |   |  |  |   |   |  |  | | | |  |  |     /| ||   |
|-----(-)---13--10----------------------------|-----------------|--|
|----------x------------------------------6---|6--6---------6-3-|--|
|--------x---------12-(13)-12--10--7--5-7---7-|--/----------/-|-5|
|--------------------/----------/----/-----|--T------------P-|--|
|---------------------B-----------S-----H-----|-----------------|--|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|--|


CODA riff
     _________       _________      _______
    |  _  |   |     |    |    |    |       |         |
    | |-| |   |   ||    |    |    |     ||         |
|--(-)----6---8---4-5--------------------------------1------------||
|-------x----------/----6----------------------------------------||
|-----x-------------H---------5----3-----1-2----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------/----------------------||
|------------------------------------------T----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||


SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS

   F          F7       Fmaj7       Gm         Bb
|--1--|    |--1--|    |-----|    |--3--|    |--1--|
|--1--|    |--1--|    |--1--|    |--3--|    |--3--|
|--2--|    |--2--|    |--2--|    |--3--|    |--3--|
|--3--|    |--1--|    |--2--|    |--5--|    |--3--|
|--3--|    |--3--|    |-----|    |--5--|    |--1--|
|--1--|    |--1--|    |--1--|    |--3--|    |-----|

 Bdim7        C          Cm         C7         Dm
|-----|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--5--|
|--3--|    |--5--|    |--4--|    |--5--|    |--6--|
|--1--|    |--5--|    |--5--|    |--3--|    |--7--|
|--3--|    |--5--|    |--5--|    |--5--|    |--7--|
|--2--|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--3--|    |--5--|
|-----|    |-----|    |-----|    |-----|    |-----|


TAB NOTES

B = bend to ()
H = hammer on
P = pull off
R = release bend from ()
S = slide
T = tied note
x = muted note

/|  = eighth rest


/   = quarter rest


(-) = triplet rest

 _
|_| = whole rest