Chords for The SteelDrivers - If It Hadn't Been For Love (Official Visualizer)

Tempo:
92.9 bpm
Chords used:

Am

G

F

C

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The SteelDrivers - If It Hadn't Been For Love (Official Visualizer) chords
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[Am] [Am]
[Em] [A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love
[A] Never would have run through the blinding rain [F] without one dollar to my name
If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love
[G] [Am]
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love
[Am] Would have been gone like a wayward [F] wind if it hadn't been for love
[G] [Am] Nobody knows it better than [G] me
[F] I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been [Am] for love
[Em] [C] Fuck [G] old walls [Am] against [C] my will
At [G] least I know [Dm] she's alive [Em] [Am] and still
[C] Fuck [G] old walls [C] without parole
Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on my [Am] soul
[Em] [F]
[Am] [Eb] [F]
[G] [C] [B] [Am]
Never would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been [D] for love
[Am] Never would have [F] took a mind to track her down if it hadn't been for [G] 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 [G] been for [Am] love
[G] [C] [G] Fuck old walls [C] against my will
At least I [G] know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still
[G] Fuck old walls [Am] without [C] parole
Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul
[F]
[Am] [F]
[E]
[Am] [Am]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for [D] love
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love
[Am] Never would have loaded up [C] a .44
[F] Put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been for [Am] love
[F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't been [C] for [Abm] love
[C] [Em]
[F] If it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't been for [D] love
[Am]
[A]
Key:  
Am
2311
G
2131
F
134211111
C
3211
Em
121
Am
2311
G
2131
F
134211111
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To learn The Steeldrivers - If It Hadnt Been For Love chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Dm, Am, C, G, Dm, F, G and Am of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 46 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 93. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love
[A] Never would have run through the blinding rain [F] without one dollar to my name
If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love
_ [G] _ [Am] _
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love
[Am] Would have been gone like a wayward [F] wind if it hadn't been for love
[G] [Am] Nobody knows it better than [G] me
[F] I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been [Am] for love
_ [Em] _ [C] _ Fuck [G] old walls [Am] against [C] my will
At [G] least I know [Dm] she's alive [Em] [Am] and still
_ [C] _ Fuck [G] old walls [C] without _ parole
_ Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on my [Am] soul _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Never would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been [D] for love
[Am] _ Never would have [F] took a mind to track her down if it hadn't been for [G] 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 [G] been for [Am] love
_ [G] _ [C] _ [G] Fuck old walls [C] against my will
At least I [G] know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still
_ _ [G] Fuck old walls [Am] without _ [C] parole
_ Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for [D] love
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love
[Am] Never would have loaded up [C] a .44
[F] Put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been for [Am] love
_ _ [F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't been [C] for [Abm] love
[C] _ [Em] _
[F] If it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't been _ for _ [D] _ love
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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