If Not For You Uke tab by George Harrison (Baritone Chords)

7 Chords used in the song: G, D, C, Am, A7, D7, Bm7

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Artist: George Harrison

Album: All Things Must Pass

Year: 1970

Difficulty:

2.79

(Beginner)

Key: G, EmChords

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


[Intro]
(played like verse)
G   G D C
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 
G   G D C  Am
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 


[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  \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 


[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
^   \ \ 


[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


[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
^   \ \ 


[Instrumental Solo]
G   G D C  Am
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 
G   G D C  Am
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 
G   G D C
^   \ \ 


[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
^   \ \     .

Uke tab by Uk'nK, 28 Oct 2016

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About this song: If Not For You

"If Not for You" is a 1970 song by Bob Dylan featured on his album New Morning. The song also appears on the compilation album Biograph as well as Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. The song was also covered by George Harrison for his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass and by Bryan Ferry on his Dylan tribute album Dylanesque in 2007. Dylan and George Harrison played the song together during a soundcheck prior to the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. Read more on Last.fm.

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