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If It Hadn't Been For Love

Adele

PopMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
F
E
C×
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
hide this tab Intro Riff 
      Am          Am 
e|----00----------00-----------| 
B|----11----------11-----------| 
G|----22----------22-----------| 
D|----22----------22-----------| 
A|--0-00--------0-00-----------| 
E|--------0--3--------0--3-----|   (2x) 
 
 
 
Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 
 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
      F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have run through the blinding rain 
    F 
Without one dollar to my name 
F                        E                Am (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
 
Am 
I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in 
 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I would have been gone like a wayward wind 
      F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Nobody knows it better than me 
F 
I wouldn't be wishing I was free 
      F                   E               Am  (Walk up to C) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
 
 
C         G      Dm        C 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    C 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm    C 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    C 
Lord have mercy on my soul 
 
 
Intro Riff 
 
Am 
Never would have gone to that side of town 
 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have took a mind to track him down 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love. 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
     F                   E               Am  (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love. 
 
 
C         G      Dm        C 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    C 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm    C 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    C 
Lord have mercy on my soul 
 
 
Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 
 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
 F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · B · G · D · A · F · E · C · Dm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.