Bob Dylan – If Not For You (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bob Dylan From: "New Morning" (1970) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 = G#m(add(b13))
F#m    (2)4-4-2-0-0 = F#m(add11) 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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 1]
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 2]
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 3]
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)