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If Not For You – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Bob Dylan
From: "New Morning" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
Dylan doesn't use barree with some of the chords but leaves the high
strings open:
E-A-D-G-B-e
G#m (4)6-6-4-0-0
F#m (2)4-4-2-0-0
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INTRO
| E B | A B |
| E B | A B |
| E B | A |
| G#m | F#m |
| G#m | F#m |
| E B | A B |
| E B |
VERSE
A E
If not for you
B A E
Babe, I couldn’t find the door
B A E
Couldn’t even see the floor
A G#m
I’d be sad and blue
F#m [ E ]
If not for you
INTERLUDE
| E B | A B |
| E B |
VERSE
A E
If not for you
B A E
Babe, I’d lay awake all night
B A E
Wait for the mornin’ light
A G#m
To shine in through
F#m G#m
But it would not be new
F#m [ E ]
If not for you
INTERLUDE
| E B | A B |
| E B | A |
MIDDLE 8
A
If not for you
E
My sky would fall
B E
Rain would gather too
A E
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
F# B
I’d be lost if not for you
A G#m F#m
And you know it’s true
INTERLUDE
| B A | G#m F#m | B A | G#m F#m |
| B A | G#m F#m | E Esus4 | E |
MIDDLE 8
A
If not for you
E
My sky would fall
B E
Rain would gather too
A E
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
F# B
I’d be lost if not for you
A G#m F#m
And you know it’s true
INTERLUDE
| B A | G#m F#m | B A | G#m F#m |
| B A | G#m F#m | E Esus4 | E |
VERSE
A E
If not for you
B A E
Winter would have no spring
B A E
Couldn’t hear the robin sing
A G#m
I just wouldn’t have a clue
F#m G#m
Anyway it wouldn’t ring true
F#m [ E ]
If not for you
OUTRO
A E
If not for you
B A E
If not for you
B A E
If not for you
(repeat and fade)