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13 <h1 class="songtitle">If Not for You</h1>
16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">New Morning</a> (1970), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm">Greatest Hits II</a> (1971)
18 and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), and in an earlier version (w/George
19 Harrison) on <a class="recordlink" href="../34_bootleg/index.htm">The Bootleg Series 1-3</a> (1991)<br /></p>
21 <p>Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
23 <hr />
25 <p>This one is more tricky than it seems at first. The tricky thing is
26 actually the E chord. It sounds like it is (or rather: it's
27 definitely) played in the fourth position, with the prominent g# on
28 the 1st string (4th fret), as if there was a capo on the fourth fret,
29 but the G#m' and F#m' chords are definitely played:</p>
30 <pre class="chords">
31 G#m' 466400 (use the thumb for these two,
32 F#m' 244200 otherwise it won't work)
33 </pre>
35 <p>So that rules out the capo. That would suggest these chords:</p>
36 <pre class="chords">
37 E 076454 (barre)
38 B 799877
39 A 577655
40 </pre>
42 <p>Which may be a bit awkward to play, but that would be more than enough
43 compensated by the thrill of playing exactly as it was done then,
44 right...?<br />
45 One can of course use any variety of these chords, or even a capo on
46 the fourth fret, with the chords C, G, F, Em Dm.</p>
48 <hr />
50 <p>Intro:</p>
51 <pre class="verse">
52 |. . . . |. . . . |
53 |E B A| B E|x3
55 |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . | as above
56 |G#m' F#m' G#m' F#m' E| x2
58 E B A
59 If not for you,
60 E B A
61 Babe, I couldn't find the door,
62 E B A
63 Couldn't even see the floor,
64 G#m' F#m'
65 I'd be sad and blue,
67 If not for you.
69 If not for you,
70 Babe, I'd lay awake all night,
71 Wait for the mornin' light
72 To shine in through,
73 But it would not be new,
74 If not for you.
75 </pre>
77 <pre class="refrain">
79 If not for you
81 My sky would fall,
82 B E E7
83 Rain would gather too.
84 A E
85 Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
86 F# B
87 I'd be lost if not for you,
88 A G#m' F#m'
89 And you know it's true.
91 B A G#m' F#m'
92 B A G#m' F#m'
93 B A G#m' F#m' E
95 If not for you
96 My sky would fall,
97 Rain would gather too.
98 Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
99 Oh! what would I do
100 If not for you.
101 </pre>
103 <pre class="verse">
104 If not for you,
105 Winter would have no spring,
106 Couldn't hear the robin sing,
107 I just wouldn't have a clue,
108 Anyway it wouldn't ring true,
109 If not for you.
110 </pre>
112 <hr />
114 <h2 class="songversion">Bootleg series 1-3 version</h2>
115 <pre class="chords">
116 Dadd9/c x30230
117 G6/b x20030
118 </pre>
120 <pre class="verse">
121 |. . . . |. . . . |
122 |G D C| D G|x5
124 |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . | as above
125 |Am G D C
127 G D C
128 If not for you,
129 G D C
130 Babe, I couldn't find the door,
131 G D C
132 Couldn't even see the floor,
134 I'd be sad and blue,
136 If not for you.
138 [Instr. verse]
140 If not for you,
141 The night would see me wide awake
142 The day would surely have to break
143 But it would not be new,
144 If not for you.
145 </pre>
147 <pre class="refrain">
149 If not for you
151 My sky would fall,
153 Rain would gather too.
155 Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
156 A7 D Dadd9/c G6/b D/a
157 I'd be lost if not for you.
158 </pre>
160 <pre class="verse">
161 If not for you,
162 Winter would hold no spring,
163 I couldn't hear the robin sing,
164 I just wouldn't have a clue,
165 If not for you.
166 </pre>
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