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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">If Not for You</h1>
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  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>
  20
  21 <p>Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  24
  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>
  34
  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
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  41
  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>
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  49
  50 <p>Intro:</p>
  51 <pre class="verse">
  52 |. . . . |. . . . |
  53 |E    B A|     B E|x3
  54
  55 |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |  as above
  56 |G#m'   F#m'     G#m'     F#m'     E| x2
  57
  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,
  66            E
  67 If not for you.
  68
  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>
  76
  77 <pre class="refrain">
  78 A
  79 If not for you
  80    E
  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.
  90
  91 B  A  G#m' F#m'
  92 B  A  G#m' F#m'
  93 B  A  G#m' F#m' E
  94
  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>
 102
 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>
 111
 112 <hr />
 113
 114 <h2 class="songversion">Bootleg series 1-3 version</h2>
 115 <pre class="chords">
 116 Dadd9/c x30230
 117 G6/b    x20030
 118 </pre>
 119
 120 <pre class="verse">
 121 |. . . . |. . . . |
 122 |G    D C|     D G|x5
 123
 124 |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |. . . . |  as above
 125 |Am                G      D C
 126
 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,
 133                Am
 134 I'd be sad and blue,
 135            G
 136 If not for you.
 137
 138 [Instr. verse]
 139
 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>
 146
 147 <pre class="refrain">
 148 C
 149 If not for you
 150    G
 151 My sky would fall,
 152 D                 G
 153 Rain would gather too.
 154 C                        G
 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>
 159
 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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