If It Hadnt Been For Love Chords

by Adele
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Author Macheeoo [a] 2,079.
3 contributors total, last edit on Oct 23, 2020

Chords

Am
F
E
C
G
Dm

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                        IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR LOVE - Adele
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Tabbed by: Macheeoo
Email: macheeoo@yahoo.com
 
Tuning: Standard, CAPO II
 
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-----|   x2
 
 
[Verse]
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
 
 
[Chorus]
C         G      Dm        Am
Four cold walls against my will
   C       G         Dm    Am
At least I know he's lying still
C         G         Dm    Am
Four cold walls without parole
C          G    Dm    Am
Lord have mercy on my soul
 
 
[Intro Riff]
 
 
[Verse]
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
 
 
[Chorus]
C         G      Dm        Am
Four cold walls against my will
   C       G         Dm    Am
At least I know he's lying still
C         G         Dm     Am
Four cold walls without parole
C          G    Dm    Am
Lord have mercy on my soul
 
 
[Verse]
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
(slow) F                 E               Am
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
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12 comments
shir1863
In the chorus i would play Am at the end of the second and the fourth lines ..it sounds right .. (:
+9
peteythepanda
I would, instead, put the capo on the 3rd fret. Sounds a whole lot better! (standard tuning)
+6
Macheeoo
Yes Shir1863, you are correct. That is how I play it but must have tabbed it wrong. My Achilles heel is my lack of discipline towards thoroughly proof-reading my work before posting. Thanks!
+1