Chords for Steeldrivers, "If It Hadn't Been For Love," Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2011
Tempo:
81.35 bpm
Chords used:
Am
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Em
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [Em] [Am]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been.
Never would have caught the train to [Em] Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run through [Em] the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been.
Never would have been gone like a [Em] wayward wind [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [F] me, I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if [Em] it hadn't been for [Am] love.
[C] So [G] go [Am] vote [Em] against [C] my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] lying still.
[C]
[G] So go vote [Dm] [Em] without [C] parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
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[Am] [F]
[E] [C] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] [A] Never [Am] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have took a van to track her [F] down if it hadn't been for love.
[A] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] So [G] go vote [A] against [Em] [C] my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's [G] [Am] lying still.
[C] [G] So go [Am] vote without [Em] [C] parole, [G] Lord have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
[F] [Am]
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[E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [Em] .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[Em] If [F] it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] [A]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been.
Never would have caught the train to [Em] Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run through [Em] the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been.
Never would have been gone like a [Em] wayward wind [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [F] me, I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if [Em] it hadn't been for [Am] love.
[C] So [G] go [Am] vote [Em] against [C] my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] lying still.
[C]
[G] So go vote [Dm] [Em] without [C] parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
[F]
[Am] [F]
[E] [C] [Em]
[C] [Am]
[G] [A] Never [Am] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have took a van to track her [F] down if it hadn't been for love.
[A] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] So [G] go vote [A] against [Em] [C] my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's [G] [Am] lying still.
[C] [G] So go [Am] vote without [Em] [C] parole, [G] Lord have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
[F] [Am]
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[E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[G] [Am] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [Em] .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[Em] If [F] it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] [A]
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Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been.
_ Never would have caught the train to [Em] Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run through [Em] the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
_ _ Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been.
_ Never would have been gone like a [Em] wayward wind [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [F] me, I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if [Em] it hadn't been for [Am] love.
_ [C] So [G] go [Am] vote [Em] against [C] my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] lying still.
_ _ [C] _
[G] So go vote [Dm] [Em] without [C] parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
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_ _ [G] _ [A] Never [Am] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have took a van to track her [F] down if it hadn't been for love.
[A] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] So [G] go vote [A] against [Em] [C] my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's [G] [Am] lying still.
[C] _ _ [G] So go [Am] vote without [Em] _ [C] parole, [G] Lord have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _
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_ [G] _ [Am] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [Em] .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[Em] If [F] it hadn't been, _ [E] if it hadn't been _ _ _ for love.
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Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been.
_ Never would have caught the train to [Em] Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run through [Em] the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
_ _ Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been.
_ Never would have been gone like a [Em] wayward wind [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [F] me, I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if [Em] it hadn't been for [Am] love.
_ [C] So [G] go [Am] vote [Em] against [C] my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] lying still.
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[G] So go vote [Dm] [Em] without [C] parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul.
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_ _ [G] _ [A] Never [Am] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have took a van to track her [F] down if it hadn't been for love.
[A] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] So [G] go vote [A] against [Em] [C] my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's [G] [Am] lying still.
[C] _ _ [G] So go [Am] vote without [Em] _ [C] parole, [G] Lord have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _
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_ [G] _ [Am] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [Em] .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[Em] If [F] it hadn't been, _ [E] if it hadn't been _ _ _ for love.
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