Chords for Meat Loaf- If I can't have you

Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

G

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Meat Loaf- If I can't have you chords
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[D]
To say it's love would be too simple, too obvious.
It's more like a calling, a vocation, something I was put on this earth to do.
Now I'm shooting with the stars and I'm flying with the angels.
And my heartbeat is [A] a symphony.
The closer I [D] get.
I never saw you coming till you came, here you are.
I never thought someone would ever dare to come this far.
You're up for the resistance, and I'm strong enough [A] to resist.
And I never know the real me.
If I could [D] [A] [G] have you.
If [D] I [A] could [G] have you.
[Bm] I would be a [F#m] realist, I'd admit to just.
[G] I would be invisible, [A] never having loved you.
[G] If I [D] could [Em] have [D] you.
I [A] don't wanna [D] be me.
Then I would be the [G] same man you scraped [D] off the ground.
I'd have to go back [G] being that [D] broken soul you found.
Those days are in the darkness, I buried them [A] with hardness.
And in half a year go steaming down.
[D] Your life is like an anchor that puts me in my place.
No you won't let me sink when I'm off losing my way.
Thank God for your virtue [G] and the wisdom in [D] your eye.
[A] Cause somehow you get through all the chasing in my mind.
If [D] I [A] [G] could have you.
If [D] I [A] could [G] have you.
I
[Bm] would be a realist, [F#m] I'd admit to just.
[G] I would be improving, [A] never having loved you.
[G] If I could [D] have [Em] [D] you.
I [A] don't wanna be [G] [D] me.
[Em] [D] Then [A] I'd be [G] the same man you scraped off the ground.
Why did it take you so long to [A] finally see.
[Em] That we had [G] a love that you don't [Bm] find [A] easily.
[Em] You broke [G] my heart, the [Bm] price to pay for [A] that.
Is [Em] your life to live, the [G] misery of [Bm] losing what you [C#] had.
[G] [D] [E] [G] If I [D] could [A] [D]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [G] have [D]
[A] [G] [D] [A]
[G] you.
[E]
I [C#m] wouldn't [A] have come too [E] late.
[C#m] Eddie [A] turn that [E] page, don't [C#m] you look [A] at me that way.
[B] Cause you'll pull me back and that's the part I [E] hate.
[C#m] I'll stay trapped [A] inside [E] my head, where it's [C#m] so [A] hot and my [E] walls melt.
How [C#m] can [A] you promise, [B] in every lie you said you'd never [E] tell.
If [C#m] I had [A] known it was so [E] not true.
Oh [C#m] I could never [A] trust you [E]
to, you'll [C#m] soon [A] know.
[B] No I wouldn't [A] be.
[G#] [F#m] [E] If [Gm] I could have you.
[A] If I could [D#] have you.
[Em] You gave my story all the things [B] that cost you and me.
And [Am] I'd rather spend it more than [B] any man could stand.
I need you to [E] know [B] I'm lying.
[A] [E]
[B] [A] Why don't you stay with me [E] I'm [B] lying.
[A] I can't feel [E] your love.
[B]
[A] Turn [E] the ground I'm [B] lying.
[A]
Take me [E] [B] home.
[A]
[E] If I could have [A] you.
[E] If I [B] could have [A] you.
[E] When you look me on and I'm shrouded in the dust.
I would be a [A] prison for ever having [E] you.
If I could have [A] you.
I don't wanna [E] be me.
[A]
[E]
To say it's love, would be too simple.
[A] [E]
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To learn Meat Loaf - If I Cant Have You chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - G, D, A, E, C#m, E and B of chords. A good strategy is to initiate at 59 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 120 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Major.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ To say it's love would be too simple, too obvious.
It's more like a calling, a vocation, something I was put on this earth to do.
Now I'm shooting with the stars and I'm flying with the angels.
And my heartbeat is [A] a symphony.
The closer I [D] get.
I never saw you coming till you came, here you are.
I never thought someone would ever dare to come this far.
You're up for the resistance, and I'm strong enough [A] to resist.
And I never know the real me.
If I could [D] _ [A] _ [G] have you.
_ If [D] I [A] could [G] have you. _ _
[Bm] I would be a [F#m] realist, I'd admit to just.
[G] I would be invisible, [A] never having loved you.
[G] If I [D] could [Em] have [D] you.
I [A] don't wanna [D] be me.
Then I would be the [G] same man you scraped [D] off the ground.
I'd have to go back [G] being that [D] broken soul you found.
Those days are in the darkness, I buried them [A] with hardness.
And in half a year go steaming down.
[D] Your life is like an anchor that puts me in my place.
No you won't let me sink when I'm off losing my way.
Thank God for your virtue [G] and the wisdom in [D] your eye.
[A] Cause somehow you get through all the chasing in my mind.
If [D] I [A] _ [G] could have you.
_ If [D] I [A] could [G] have you.
I _
[Bm] would be a realist, [F#m] I'd admit to just.
[G] I would be improving, [A] never having loved you.
[G] If I could [D] have [Em] [D] you.
I [A] don't wanna be [G] _ [D] me.
[Em] _ [D] Then [A] I'd be [G] the same man you scraped off the ground.
Why did it take you so long to [A] finally see. _ _
[Em] That we had [G] a love that you don't [Bm] find [A] easily. _ _ _
[Em] You broke [G] my heart, the [Bm] price to pay for [A] that.
Is [Em] your life to live, the [G] _ misery of [Bm] losing what you [C#] had. _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] If I [D] could _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [G] _ _ have [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A]
[G] you.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
I [C#m] wouldn't [A] have come too [E] late. _
[C#m] Eddie [A] turn that [E] _ page, don't [C#m] you look [A] at me that way.
[B] Cause you'll pull me back and that's the part I [E] _ hate.
[C#m] I'll stay trapped [A] inside [E] my head, where it's [C#m] so [A] hot and my [E] walls melt.
How [C#m] can [A] you promise, [B] in every lie you said you'd never [E] tell.
If [C#m] I had [A] known it was so [E] not true.
Oh [C#m] I could never [A] trust you [E]
to, you'll [C#m] soon [A] know.
[B] No I wouldn't [A] be.
[G#] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] If [Gm] I could have you.
[A] _ If I could [D#] have _ you.
[Em] You gave my story all the things [B] that cost you and me.
And [Am] I'd rather spend it more than [B] any man could stand.
I need you to [E] know [B] I'm lying.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ [A] _ Why don't you stay with me [E] I'm [B] lying.
[A] I can't feel [E] your love.
[B] _
[A] _ _ Turn [E] the ground I'm [B] lying.
[A] _
_ Take me [E] [B] home.
_ [A] _
_ _ [E] If I could have [A] you.
_ [E] If I [B] could have [A] _ you.
_ [E] When you look me on and I'm shrouded in the dust.
I would be a [A] prison for ever having [E] you.
If I could have [A] you.
I don't wanna [E] be me.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
To say it's love, _ _ would be too simple.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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