{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2833618,"song":"If I Had A Reason","artist":"Rory Gallagher","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11642474-if-i-had-a-reason-chords-by-rory-gallagher/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2833618?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"IF I HAD A REASON\r\nAs recorded by Rory Gallagher\r\n(From the 1973 Album BLUEPRINT)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I had a reason I'd tell you what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMust I explain how I feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI've tried and I've tried to make it so clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut my time is just wasted I fear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWell it's only an old song but it serves it's purpose well[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBy the cry in your voice I can tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen you sing there's a feeling behind the words[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat brings it all back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm reaching, I'm reaching, while you slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm searching for words I can say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm listening, I'm listening, tryin' not to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou say that we might meet some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere's a picture that's faded and curling from it's frame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOf a face that smiles patiently[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt might smile forever to make me feel better[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I just might wait to see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Piano Solo]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm reaching, I'm reaching, while you slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm searching for words I can say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'm listening, I'm listening, tryin' not to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou say that we might meet some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere's answers to questions that we both wanna know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut those answers keep evading me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThere's rhymes and there's reasons, there's rights and there's wrongs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor being what you are to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I had a a reason I'd tell you what it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWould you do the same thing for  me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"Cause the minute you go there's one thing I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat the day will mean nothing for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"IF I HAD A REASON\nAs recorded by Rory Gallagher\n(From the 1973 Album BLUEPRINT)\n\n[Intro]\nE  G#m  C#m  F#m  E  C#m  B E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Piano Solo]\nE  B  C#m  F#m\nE  A  F#m  E\nG#m  C#m  F#m\nE  C#m  B E\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE  G#m  C#m  F#m\nE  A  F#m  E  G#m\nC#m  F#m  E  C#m  B E","chords":["A","E","G#m","C#m","F#m","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}