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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
ICouldn'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/C | D/B | D/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/C | D/B | D/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