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Version 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If Not For You – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 F#m (2)4-4-2-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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] 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] 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 | [Midlle 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 | [Midlle 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] 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)