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If Not For You

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            If Not For You – Bob Dylan and George Harrison
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Concert for Bangladesh” (1971) (DVD)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
D/C     x-3-x-2-3-2
D/B     x-2-x-x-3-2
D/A     x-0-0-2-3-2
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[Intro]
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
[Verse]
  C          G
[  ]         
   If not for you
D C                       G
    Babe, I couldn't even find the door
D C                 G
    I couldn't even see the floor
D C                Am
    I'd be sad and blue
Am         G  D  C  G  D  C
         |     |  |     |  |
 If not for you
[Verse]
  C          G
[  ]         
   If not for you
D C                              G
    Babe, the night would see me wide awake
D C                      G
    The day would surely have to break
D C                     Am
    But it would not be new
Am         G  D  C  G  D  C
         |     |  |     |  |
 If not for you
[Middle 8]
C                   G
 If not for you, my sky would fall
    D                 G
The rain would gather too
C                         G
 Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
       A7              D  D/CD/BD/A
                     |  |  |  |  |
I'd be lost, if not for you            (break)
[Verse]
  D/A        G
[  ]         
     If not for you
D C                  G
    The winter would hold no spring
D C                  G
    'Couldn't hear a robin sing
D C                        Am
    I just wouldn't have a clue
Am         G
         [  ]
 If not for you
[Solo]
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  Am
|  | % |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
  G  D  C
|     |  |
[Middle 8]
C            G
 ... you, my sky would fall
D                  G       G7
 Rain would gather too
C                         G
 Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
       A7              D  D/CD/BD/A
                     |  |  |  |  |
I'd be lost, if not for you            (break)
[Verse]
  D/A        G
[  ]         
     If not for you
D C              G
    Winter would hold no spring
D C                  G
    'Couldn't hear a robin sing
D C                 Am
    Wouldn't have a clue
Am         G
         [  ]
 If not for you
  G  D  C               G
|     |               [  ]
            If not for you-ou
  G  D  C               G
|     |               [  ]
            If not for you-ou
G        D   C
 (If not for you)
[Coda]
         2/4
  G  D  C   G
|     |  |  

If Not For You chords and lyrics

Free chords for If Not For You by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
            If Not For You – Bob Dylan and George Harrison
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "Concert for Bangladesh” (1971) (DVD)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Middle 8]
[Verse]
[Solo]
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
| Am | % |
| G   D | C |
| G   D | C |
[Middle 8]
[Verse]
[Coda]
         2/4
| G   D | C |  G

If Not For You Chords by Bob Dylan

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The chords for "If Not For You" show the original chord names (including E, A, D, G, B, D/C). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.