Townes Van Zandt – If I Needed You (Guitar Tab)

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"If I Needed You" by Townes Van Zandt off the album "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt" I transcribed this song at 76 bpm, so the notes played are 16th notes. Each verse consists of the same four and a half bars repeated twice with a slight variation in the C and D parts. The bridge and outro are essentially the same as the verses.

[Intro]
   G                                                                          
e|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0---|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1---3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|-0-------|----------------0-------0----------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|---------|------0-------0-------0--------0---|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3-------|-3--------3-------3-------3--------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|

   G               C                  D                G
e|-----------0-------0--------------|------------0---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3-------1---------1-p0---1-|-0-h1---------0-------------0-----|---0-------0-----|
G|---------------------0--------0---|------------------------0-------0-|-------0---------|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0--------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-----------------3----------------|----------0-----------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

[Verse 1]
   G
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1--3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|----------------0-------0---------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|------0-------0-------0--------0--|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3--------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|

   G               C                  D                G
e|-----------0-------0--------------|------------0---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3-------1---------1-p0---1-|-0-h1---------0-------------0-----|---0-------0-----|
G|---------------------0--------0---|------------------------0-------0-|-------0---------|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0--------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-----------------3----------------|----------0-----------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

   G       
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1--3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|----------------0-------0---------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|------0-------0-------0--------0--|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3--------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|

   G               C                  D               G
e|-------0-----------0--------------|-----------0---------------------|-----------------||
B|-3---------3---1---------1-p0---0-|-------3-------0-----------0-----|---0-------0-----||
G|---------------------0--------0---|-----2-------0---------0-------0-|-------0---------o|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0-------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---o|
A|-----------------3----------------|---------0-----------------------|-----------------||
E|-3-------3------------------------|-----------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||

Lyrics: G Well, if I needed you Would you come to me C Would you come to me D G And ease my pain? G If you needed me I would come to you C I would swim the seas D G For to ease your pain [Verse 2] Well, in the night forlorn Oh, the morning's born And the morning shines With the lights of love And you will miss sunrise If you close your eyes And that would break My heart in two [Bridge] [Verse 3] The lady's with me now Since I showed her how To lay her lily Hand in mine Loop and Lil agree She's a sight to see A treasure for The poor to find [Repeat verse 1] Well, if I needed you Would you come to me Would you come to me And ease my pain? If you needed me I would come to you I would swim the seas For to ease your pain [Outro] ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ************************************