If I Can't Have You
1977
augbBarry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees)
AmAm7BbCDmEm7FFmGGm
10 chords used in this song
     |Gm   |Gm  |Am |Dm   Am|G  |Am Bb|F
A ------------0------- 530---- --------0
E 013 3101 013-310--31 ---30-- --0--1---
C ----------------00-- ------2 02-------
G -------------------- ------- ---------
C
Don't know Cwhy
FmC
I'm surFmviving every lonely Cday
GF
When there's Ggot to be no Fchance for me
C
My life would Cend
FmC
And it Fmjust don't matter how I Ccry
GF
My Gtears of love are a Fwaste of time
G
If I Gturn away
FDm
Am I Fstrong enough to see it Dmthrough?
FDm
Go Fcrazy is what I will Dmdo
Am7G
If I can't have you Am7 I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
Am7G
If I Am7can't have you I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
     |Gm   |Gm  |Am |Dm   Am|G  |Am Bb|F |F
A ------------0------- 530---- --------0---
E 013 3101 013-310--31 ---30-- --0--1------
C ----------------00-- ------2 02----------
G -------------------- ------- ------------
C
Can't let Cgo
FmC
And it Fmdoesn't matter how I Ctry
GF
I Ggave it all so Feasily
G
To Gyou my love
FDm
To Fdreams that never will come Dmtrue
FDm
Am I Fstrong enough to see it Dmthrough?
FDm
Go Fcrazy is what I will Dmdo
Am7G
If I can't have you Am7 I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
Am7G
If I Am7can't have you I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
 |Dm  Am|G  |Am Bb|F |F
A -530---- --------0---
E ----30-- --0--1------
C -------2 02----------
G -------- ------------
Am7G
If I Am7can't have you I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
Am7G
If I Am7can't have you I don't Gwant nobody baby
Em7Am7
If I Em7can't have you, ah ah Am7ah oh
To end, repeat chorus ad lib and finish on Am7 or repeat the final riff and finish on F
Play the riff on ukulele in the tabs, or just sing the riff to the chords...
GmGmAmDmAmGAmBbFF
GmGmAmDmAmGAmBbFF
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