Chords for Brandi Carlile - If There Was No You (Live at Tractor Tavern - 12.7.2013)

_ We sang this song in the Oval Office, right outside the Oval Office, for this good friend of ours.
[C#] _ You know, _ _ Barry.
I'm joking, that wasn't for Barry.
_ [C] It was for the photographer.
He's an artist, okay?
At the White House.
He's a good friend [Cm] of ours and _ we're big fans of his.
He asked us to come out and sing this song.
And we got there and it turns out that Obama was marrying him.
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_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
Obama was officiating _ his wedding.
And so we're singing like the distance from me to you.
At me and Obama, I'm just sitting there without a microphone just saying his face.
[C#] _
_ And he wants his face. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ So this is a song that _ me and Phil wrote when Tim was out of town. _
So he has absolutely no part of it. _ _ _
I'm just kidding.
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_ And lyrically for [B] me, it was like I was really going to attempt, really attempt for the first time to write
just a song that's just pure love, just kindness, just no agony. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ Because it's a process for me.
I start out that way.
First verse can be as sweet as pie.
You'll know which ones they are if you listen through the records.
You'll be like, that's a brandy first verse because it takes a dime.
_ _ [A#] It's like I love [C#] you and I miss you terribly.
[E] I'm just throwing a word, terribly.
I love you and I'm sorry that we've gotten divorced.
I _ love you, it's terrible that you died.
And it just takes a turn.
So this _ one, beginning to end, is supposed to be just [B] pure, _ just kindness all over you.
You might hear just a [F#] little me struggle a couple of times, but for the most part, [E] _ _ [B] it's totally just sweet.
_ [E] I love you. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ When you see myself, I'll say I need to.
As long as I remember it, it feels like a heave.
My jokes aren't funny.
The truth isn't true if there was [F#] no you. _
_ _ If [E] you were my [C#] boat in the deep blue [B] sea, I'd probably sink you down.
I know [E] I should have thanked you for carrying me, but for you I would.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ And all our _ work is not the longest day.
_ [E] I don't want to [B] say and make [F#] you laugh.
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What are you looking for?
You make me tired, my baby.
_ _ Well, you're [E] looking for [B] a fight.
I'm [F#] your man.
_ When you need [C#m] it, where are you?
_ You got [F#] my hand.
_ _ _ [E] Oh, what I really want to try hard [B] to say is that I'm counting on you. _ _ _
[E] Our secrets aren't safe.
I'm singing out of tune [B] if there was no [F#] you.
If there [B] was no you.
_ [B] And all along [F#] you wait.
The [B] darkest night, the longest day. _
[E] I don't want [B] to say and make you [F#] laugh.
_ _ _ _ [B] What are you [F#] looking for?
You make me tired, my [B] baby. _ _
[E] Well, you're looking for a [B] fight.
I'm your [F#] man.
_ _ When you need a [C#m] friend, _ _ you got [F#] my hand.
_ _ When you need a [C#m] friend, _ _ you got [F#] my hand.
_ [B] Oh, you got my hand. _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] You _ got [F#] my_
_ _ _ When you need [C#m] a twin, _ _ you're fucking [F#] screwed.
That _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
was great.
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_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] You should know.
You're gonna get a real foul.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D#] Alright, Josh.
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