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If
I Needed You
By Townes Van Zandt, as performed by Lyle Lovett
Capo 8
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Chord Guide |
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
32 1 C: x32010 |
T 132 D/F#: 2x0232 |
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Picking
Guide |
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--------------- ----------X---- 2nd finger ------X-------X 1st finger ----X-------X-- Thumb --------------- X-------X------ Thumb (C chord = 5th string instead) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Intro (x2): / G - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - -
- - / - - - - /
/ C - - - / D/F# - - - / G - - - /
Chorus:
G (4)
If I needed you
Would you come to me
G C
Would you come to me
D/F# G (2)
And ease my pain
G (4)
If you needed me
I would come to you
G C
I would swim the seas
D/F# G (2)
For to ease your pain
G (4)
In the night forlorn
Oh, the morning's born
G C
And the morning shines
D/F# G (2)
With the lights of love
G (4)
You will miss sunrise
If you close your eyes
G C
And that would break
D/F#
My heart in two
Repeat Intro, add 1 measure of G to end
G (4)
Lady's with me now
Since I showed her how
G C
To lay her lily
D/F# G (2)
Hand in mine
G (4)
Loop and Lil agree
She's a sight to see
G C
And a treasure for
D/F# G (2)
The poor to find
Chorus
/ G - - - / C - - - / D/F# - - - / G - - - / G - - (hold)
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Intro:
This file is the author's own work and represents his
interpretation of this song. It's
intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.