Chords for Rory Gallagher If I Had A Reason
Tempo:
105.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
C#m
B
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[E] [C#m]
[E]
If I had [B] a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Must I explain [F#] how [A] I feel?
[F#] I've [E] tried and I've [G#m] tried [C#m] to make it [F#m] so clear,
But my [E] time is just [F#] wasted [E] out there.
Well, it's only [B] an old song, but [C#m] it serves its purpose [F#] well.
[E] By the cry in your [F#] voice, I [A] can tell.
[F#] [E] When you sing, there's a [G#m] feeling [C#m]
behind the [F#m] words,
[E] That brings it [C#m] [B] all back [E]
again.
[B] I'm reaching, [A] I'm reaching, [G#m] while you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [A] for words I [B] can see.
I'm listening, I'm [A] listening, [G#m] but try not to [B] hear.
You say that you [A] might meet [C#m] someone new.
Here [B] is [E] a picture that's [B] faded and [C#m]
curling from his [F#] brain,
[E] Of a face that smiles [A] patiently.
[F#] [E] It might [D#m] smile forever [C#m] to make me feel [F#m] better,
[E] But I [C#m] just must [E] be singing.
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [A]
[F#] [E]
[D#] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[C#m] [E]
[B] Oh, I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while [G#m] you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [C#] for words I [B] can see.
I'm listening, [A] I'm listening, [G#m] but try not [B] to hear.
You say that we [A] might meet [C#m]
someday.
[B] [E] There's answers [B] to questions [C#m] that we both want [F#] to know,
But those answers keep preventing [A]
me.
[F#] [E] There's rhymes and [D#m] there's reasons, [C#m] there's rights [F#m] and there's wrongs,
[E] But for me, why [C#m] do you [E] want to leave?
If I [B] had a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Would you do the same thing [A] for me?
[F#] [E] Because the minute [D#m] you go, [C#m] there's one thing I [F#m] know,
[E] That the days will [C#m] mean nothing [E] for me.
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[G#m] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[C#m] [E]
[C#m] [F#m]
[E] [C#m]
[E]
If I had [B] a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Must I explain [F#] how [A] I feel?
[F#] I've [E] tried and I've [G#m] tried [C#m] to make it [F#m] so clear,
But my [E] time is just [F#] wasted [E] out there.
Well, it's only [B] an old song, but [C#m] it serves its purpose [F#] well.
[E] By the cry in your [F#] voice, I [A] can tell.
[F#] [E] When you sing, there's a [G#m] feeling [C#m]
behind the [F#m] words,
[E] That brings it [C#m] [B] all back [E]
again.
[B] I'm reaching, [A] I'm reaching, [G#m] while you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [A] for words I [B] can see.
I'm listening, I'm [A] listening, [G#m] but try not to [B] hear.
You say that you [A] might meet [C#m] someone new.
Here [B] is [E] a picture that's [B] faded and [C#m]
curling from his [F#] brain,
[E] Of a face that smiles [A] patiently.
[F#] [E] It might [D#m] smile forever [C#m] to make me feel [F#m] better,
[E] But I [C#m] just must [E] be singing.
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [A]
[F#] [E]
[D#] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[C#m] [E]
[B] Oh, I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while [G#m] you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [C#] for words I [B] can see.
I'm listening, [A] I'm listening, [G#m] but try not [B] to hear.
You say that we [A] might meet [C#m]
someday.
[B] [E] There's answers [B] to questions [C#m] that we both want [F#] to know,
But those answers keep preventing [A]
me.
[F#] [E] There's rhymes and [D#m] there's reasons, [C#m] there's rights [F#m] and there's wrongs,
[E] But for me, why [C#m] do you [E] want to leave?
If I [B] had a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Would you do the same thing [A] for me?
[F#] [E] Because the minute [D#m] you go, [C#m] there's one thing I [F#m] know,
[E] That the days will [C#m] mean nothing [E] for me.
[B] [C#m]
[F#] [E]
[A]
[F#] [E]
[G#m] [C#m]
[F#m] [E]
[C#m] [E]
Key:
E
C#m
B
F#
A
E
C#m
B
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ If I had [B] a reason, _ [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Must I _ explain [F#] how [A] I feel? _
[F#] _ _ I've [E] tried and I've [G#m] tried [C#m] to make it [F#m] so clear,
But my [E] time is just [F#] wasted [E] out there.
_ _ Well, it's only [B] an old song, but [C#m] it serves its purpose [F#] well.
_ [E] By the cry in your [F#] voice, I [A] can tell.
_ _ [F#] _ [E] When you sing, there's a [G#m] feeling _ [C#m] _
behind the [F#m] words,
_ [E] That brings it _ [C#m] [B] all back [E]
again.
_ _ _ [B] I'm reaching, [A] I'm reaching, [G#m] while you slip [B] away.
_ I'm searching [A] for words I [B] can see.
_ _ _ _ I'm listening, I'm [A] listening, [G#m] but try not to [B] hear.
You say that you [A] might meet [C#m] someone new.
Here [B] _ is [E] a picture that's [B] faded and [C#m]
curling from his [F#] brain,
_ [E] Of a face that smiles [A] patiently.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [E] It might [D#m] smile forever [C#m] to make me feel [F#m] better,
_ [E] But I [C#m] just must [E] be singing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Oh, I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while [G#m] you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [C#] for words I [B] can see.
_ _ _ I'm listening, [A] I'm listening, [G#m] but try not [B] to hear.
_ You say that we [A] might meet [C#m] _
someday.
[B] _ _ [E] There's answers [B] to questions [C#m] that we both want [F#] to know,
But those answers keep preventing [A]
me.
_ [F#] _ _ [E] There's rhymes and [D#m] there's reasons, [C#m] there's rights [F#m] and there's wrongs,
[E] But for me, why [C#m] do you [E] want to leave?
_ _ _ If I [B] had a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Would you do the same thing [A] for me?
_ [F#] _ _ [E] Because the minute [D#m] you go, _ [C#m] there's one thing I [F#m] know,
_ [E] That the days will [C#m] mean nothing [E] for me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ If I had [B] a reason, _ [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Must I _ explain [F#] how [A] I feel? _
[F#] _ _ I've [E] tried and I've [G#m] tried [C#m] to make it [F#m] so clear,
But my [E] time is just [F#] wasted [E] out there.
_ _ Well, it's only [B] an old song, but [C#m] it serves its purpose [F#] well.
_ [E] By the cry in your [F#] voice, I [A] can tell.
_ _ [F#] _ [E] When you sing, there's a [G#m] feeling _ [C#m] _
behind the [F#m] words,
_ [E] That brings it _ [C#m] [B] all back [E]
again.
_ _ _ [B] I'm reaching, [A] I'm reaching, [G#m] while you slip [B] away.
_ I'm searching [A] for words I [B] can see.
_ _ _ _ I'm listening, I'm [A] listening, [G#m] but try not to [B] hear.
You say that you [A] might meet [C#m] someone new.
Here [B] _ is [E] a picture that's [B] faded and [C#m]
curling from his [F#] brain,
_ [E] Of a face that smiles [A] patiently.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [E] It might [D#m] smile forever [C#m] to make me feel [F#m] better,
_ [E] But I [C#m] just must [E] be singing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] Oh, I'm reaching, I'm reaching, while [G#m] you slip [B] away.
I'm searching [C#] for words I [B] can see.
_ _ _ I'm listening, [A] I'm listening, [G#m] but try not [B] to hear.
_ You say that we [A] might meet [C#m] _
someday.
[B] _ _ [E] There's answers [B] to questions [C#m] that we both want [F#] to know,
But those answers keep preventing [A]
me.
_ [F#] _ _ [E] There's rhymes and [D#m] there's reasons, [C#m] there's rights [F#m] and there's wrongs,
[E] But for me, why [C#m] do you [E] want to leave?
_ _ _ If I [B] had a reason, [C#m] I'd tell you what [F#] it is.
[E] Would you do the same thing [A] for me?
_ [F#] _ _ [E] Because the minute [D#m] you go, _ [C#m] there's one thing I [F#m] know,
_ [E] That the days will [C#m] mean nothing [E] for me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _
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