Chords for If I Needed You by Townes Van Zandt – Totally Guitars Lesson Preview
Tempo:
137.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
D#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
[F#]
[E] [C#] [B]
[B] [E]
[F#m] [B]
If I [Em] Needed You by Townes Van Zandt.
This [D#] is one of the most beautiful [E] free chord love songs that I have [B] ever heard, I have to say.
I did bump [A] into the duet versions first, [D#] for example, Emmylou [C#] Harris and Don Williams' version, and then found out it's a Townes Van Zandt song.
[B]
So, I do want to give him the credits for [C#] the song, so decided to tackle, [D#] or to do a lesson [B] on, of course, his [E] original recording there.
[B] Now, like I said, there are only three chords there, really, so for that it should be very, very doable.
[E] G major, C, [F#] and E.
So, the key of G, [C#] he's capo on the fourth fret, occasionally on the third, I've also heard him [B] there, [E] and then in E.
It's [F#] just those three chords.
[B]
For the right hand, there is this Travis-style picking involved.
On the original [Em] recording, it's slower, actually, than how he does it live.
Also, [E] I've watched like a half a dozen [Em] of his live performances, and found out that he plays quite randomly through it.
Incorporating all those melody notes, don't get me wrong, but sometimes he does it a little like this, [F#] or just as how [B] he sings it.
He's very freeform in singing it as well.
So, I did write a [E] tablature of a couple [Bm] of things that I heard him do in a live show, or in another one.
[B]
It should work out.
But like I said, you should be able to do Travis-style picking, alternating bass notes.
[E] Like so.
[C#] And put E major, [B] and back.
And then, like I said, if you can do this, you have a good starting point.
[F] But if you're, for example, really into chord melody songs, or you want to get started [Em] with that, then this is the perfect song.
Because, indeed, he incorporates those melody [B] notes into the playing, and they're actually [E] quite easy, because they're all there.
It's in the key of G, so all those notes, it [B] kind of goes from the G on the third [G#m] string to the E there on the top string.
And [B] that is pretty much it.
So, I will, of course, in the lesson, talk [E] you through all those little [F#] details, and how to do it, and so [F] on.
Like I said, I've written a tablature for it as well.
[E] Another thing, yes, because [C#m] I did bump into [E] duet versions, [Bm] Amber Lou [D#] Harris and Don Williams version, for example, [B] so I do go [E] over how
that one as well.
So, [B] you
and she indeed plays it [F] more true to the original recording, actually, because [G#] he does it a bit slower in there.
On [B] stage he's usually quite fast, I would say.
Well, [Em] quite fast.
Well, faster.
[D#] And she does it, indeed, a bit slower, [B] like
[F#]
[B] [E] [D#]
[F#] [B]
and so on.
That's kind of [E] how she does the [B] intro.
So, we'll take a look at that version as well.
Now, [Em] if you want to learn this one, I would [E] absolutely encourage you to do so, because it's really nice to play, and it's just a gorgeous song, I'd say.
Anyway, then, [D#] indeed, check it out at totallyguitars.com.
[F#]
[E] [C#] [B]
[B] [E]
[F#m] [B]
If I [Em] Needed You by Townes Van Zandt.
This [D#] is one of the most beautiful [E] free chord love songs that I have [B] ever heard, I have to say.
I did bump [A] into the duet versions first, [D#] for example, Emmylou [C#] Harris and Don Williams' version, and then found out it's a Townes Van Zandt song.
[B]
So, I do want to give him the credits for [C#] the song, so decided to tackle, [D#] or to do a lesson [B] on, of course, his [E] original recording there.
[B] Now, like I said, there are only three chords there, really, so for that it should be very, very doable.
[E] G major, C, [F#] and E.
So, the key of G, [C#] he's capo on the fourth fret, occasionally on the third, I've also heard him [B] there, [E] and then in E.
It's [F#] just those three chords.
[B]
For the right hand, there is this Travis-style picking involved.
On the original [Em] recording, it's slower, actually, than how he does it live.
Also, [E] I've watched like a half a dozen [Em] of his live performances, and found out that he plays quite randomly through it.
Incorporating all those melody notes, don't get me wrong, but sometimes he does it a little like this, [F#] or just as how [B] he sings it.
He's very freeform in singing it as well.
So, I did write a [E] tablature of a couple [Bm] of things that I heard him do in a live show, or in another one.
[B]
It should work out.
But like I said, you should be able to do Travis-style picking, alternating bass notes.
[E] Like so.
[C#] And put E major, [B] and back.
And then, like I said, if you can do this, you have a good starting point.
[F] But if you're, for example, really into chord melody songs, or you want to get started [Em] with that, then this is the perfect song.
Because, indeed, he incorporates those melody [B] notes into the playing, and they're actually [E] quite easy, because they're all there.
It's in the key of G, so all those notes, it [B] kind of goes from the G on the third [G#m] string to the E there on the top string.
And [B] that is pretty much it.
So, I will, of course, in the lesson, talk [E] you through all those little [F#] details, and how to do it, and so [F] on.
Like I said, I've written a tablature for it as well.
[E] Another thing, yes, because [C#m] I did bump into [E] duet versions, [Bm] Amber Lou [D#] Harris and Don Williams version, for example, [B] so I do go [E] over how
that one as well.
So, [B] you
and she indeed plays it [F] more true to the original recording, actually, because [G#] he does it a bit slower in there.
On [B] stage he's usually quite fast, I would say.
Well, [Em] quite fast.
Well, faster.
[D#] And she does it, indeed, a bit slower, [B] like
[F#]
[B] [E] [D#]
[F#] [B]
and so on.
That's kind of [E] how she does the [B] intro.
So, we'll take a look at that version as well.
Now, [Em] if you want to learn this one, I would [E] absolutely encourage you to do so, because it's really nice to play, and it's just a gorgeous song, I'd say.
Anyway, then, [D#] indeed, check it out at totallyguitars.com.
Key:
B
E
F#
D#
Em
B
E
F#
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If I [Em] Needed You by Townes Van Zandt.
This [D#] is one of the most beautiful [E] free chord love songs that I have [B] ever heard, I have to say. _
I did bump [A] into the duet versions first, [D#] for example, Emmylou [C#] Harris and Don Williams' version, and then found out it's a Townes Van Zandt song.
[B]
So, I do want to give him the credits for [C#] the song, so decided to tackle, [D#] or to do a lesson [B] on, of course, his [E] original recording there.
_ [B] Now, like I said, there are only three chords there, really, so for that it should be very, very doable.
[E] G major, C, [F#] and E.
So, the key of G, [C#] he's capo on the fourth fret, occasionally on the third, I've also heard him [B] there, _ [E] and then in E.
It's [F#] just those three chords.
[B]
For the right hand, _ _ there is this Travis-style picking involved.
On the original [Em] recording, it's slower, actually, than how he does it live.
Also, [E] I've watched like a half a dozen [Em] of his live performances, and found out that he plays quite randomly through it.
Incorporating all those melody notes, don't get me wrong, but sometimes he does it a little like this, [F#] or just as how [B] he sings it.
He's very freeform in singing it as well.
So, I did write a [E] tablature of a couple [Bm] of things that I heard him do in a live show, or in another one.
[B] _
It should work out.
But like I said, you should be able to do Travis-style picking, alternating bass notes.
_ _ [E] Like so.
_ [C#] And put E major, [B] _ and back.
And then, like I said, if you can do this, you have a good starting point.
[F] But if you're, for example, really into chord melody songs, or you want to get started [Em] with that, then this is the perfect song.
Because, indeed, he incorporates those melody [B] notes _ _ into the playing, and they're actually [E] quite easy, because they're all there.
It's in the key of G, so all those notes, it [B] kind of goes from the G on the third [G#m] string to the E there on the top string.
And [B] that is pretty much it.
_ _ So, I will, of course, in the lesson, talk [E] you through all those little [F#] details, and how to do it, and so [F] on.
Like I said, I've written a tablature for it as well.
[E] Another thing, yes, because [C#m] I did bump into [E] duet versions, _ [Bm] Amber Lou [D#] Harris and Don Williams version, for example, [B] so I do _ go [E] over how_
that one as well. _
_ _ _ So, [B] you_
and she indeed plays it [F] more true to the original recording, actually, because [G#] he does it a bit slower in there.
On [B] stage he's usually quite fast, I would say.
Well, [Em] quite fast.
Well, faster. _ _
[D#] And she does it, indeed, a bit slower, [B] _ like_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
and so on.
That's kind of [E] how she does the [B] intro.
So, we'll take a look at that version as well.
Now, [Em] if you want to learn this one, I would [E] absolutely encourage you to do so, because it's really nice to play, and it's just a gorgeous song, I'd say.
Anyway, then, [D#] indeed, check it out at totallyguitars.com. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ If I [Em] Needed You by Townes Van Zandt.
This [D#] is one of the most beautiful [E] free chord love songs that I have [B] ever heard, I have to say. _
I did bump [A] into the duet versions first, [D#] for example, Emmylou [C#] Harris and Don Williams' version, and then found out it's a Townes Van Zandt song.
[B]
So, I do want to give him the credits for [C#] the song, so decided to tackle, [D#] or to do a lesson [B] on, of course, his [E] original recording there.
_ [B] Now, like I said, there are only three chords there, really, so for that it should be very, very doable.
[E] G major, C, [F#] and E.
So, the key of G, [C#] he's capo on the fourth fret, occasionally on the third, I've also heard him [B] there, _ [E] and then in E.
It's [F#] just those three chords.
[B]
For the right hand, _ _ there is this Travis-style picking involved.
On the original [Em] recording, it's slower, actually, than how he does it live.
Also, [E] I've watched like a half a dozen [Em] of his live performances, and found out that he plays quite randomly through it.
Incorporating all those melody notes, don't get me wrong, but sometimes he does it a little like this, [F#] or just as how [B] he sings it.
He's very freeform in singing it as well.
So, I did write a [E] tablature of a couple [Bm] of things that I heard him do in a live show, or in another one.
[B] _
It should work out.
But like I said, you should be able to do Travis-style picking, alternating bass notes.
_ _ [E] Like so.
_ [C#] And put E major, [B] _ and back.
And then, like I said, if you can do this, you have a good starting point.
[F] But if you're, for example, really into chord melody songs, or you want to get started [Em] with that, then this is the perfect song.
Because, indeed, he incorporates those melody [B] notes _ _ into the playing, and they're actually [E] quite easy, because they're all there.
It's in the key of G, so all those notes, it [B] kind of goes from the G on the third [G#m] string to the E there on the top string.
And [B] that is pretty much it.
_ _ So, I will, of course, in the lesson, talk [E] you through all those little [F#] details, and how to do it, and so [F] on.
Like I said, I've written a tablature for it as well.
[E] Another thing, yes, because [C#m] I did bump into [E] duet versions, _ [Bm] Amber Lou [D#] Harris and Don Williams version, for example, [B] so I do _ go [E] over how_
that one as well. _
_ _ _ So, [B] you_
and she indeed plays it [F] more true to the original recording, actually, because [G#] he does it a bit slower in there.
On [B] stage he's usually quite fast, I would say.
Well, [Em] quite fast.
Well, faster. _ _
[D#] And she does it, indeed, a bit slower, [B] _ like_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
and so on.
That's kind of [E] how she does the [B] intro.
So, we'll take a look at that version as well.
Now, [Em] if you want to learn this one, I would [E] absolutely encourage you to do so, because it's really nice to play, and it's just a gorgeous song, I'd say.
Anyway, then, [D#] indeed, check it out at totallyguitars.com. _ _ _ _ _
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