If Not For You Tab par George Harrison

"If Not for You"
Written by Bob Dylan
As performed by George Harrison (1970)


[Intro]
(played like verse)
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[Verse 1]
           G    G D C
If not for you  \ \ 
                      G              G D C
Babe, I couldn't even find the door  \ \ 
                G              G D C
I couldn't even see the floor  \ \ 
               Am               G    G D C
I'd be sad and blue, if not for you  \ \ 
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[Verse 2]
           G    G D C
If not for you  \ \ 
                             G           G D C
Babe, the night would see me wide awake  \ \ 
                     G              G D C
The day would surely have to break  \ \ 
                Am              G    G D C
It would not be new, if not for you  \ \ 
G   G D C
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[Bridge]
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If not for you, my sky would fall
D                   G
^ Rain would gather too
C                          G
^ Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
       A7               D   D7  Bm7  Am (Tacet)
I'd be lost, if not for you


[Verse 3]
           G    G D C
If not for you  \ \ 
                 G               G D C
The winter would hold no spring  \ \ 
                G           G D C
Couldn't hear a robin sing  \ \ 
                       Am               G    G D C
I just wouldn't have a clue, if not for you  \ \ 
G   G D C
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[Instrumental Solo]
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G   G D C  Am
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G   G D C
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[Repeat of Bridge]
                   G
If not for you, my sky would fall
D                   G
^ Rain would gather too
C                          G
^ Without your love I'd be nowhere at all
       A7               D   D7  Bm7  Am (Tacet)
I'd be lost, if not for you


[Repeat of Verse 3]
           G    G D C
If not for you  \ \ 
                 G               G D C
The winter would hold no spring  \ \ 
                G           G D C
Couldn't hear a robin sing  \ \ 
                       Am               G    G D C
I just wouldn't have a clue, if not for you  \ \ 


[Outro]
           G    G D C
If not for you  \ \ 
G   G D C   G
^   \ \     .