Chords for Steeldrivers w/ Chris Stapleton, "If It Hadn't Been For Love," Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2009
Tempo:
78.7 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
F
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [A]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [B] Never would have [A] run through the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my [Fm] name if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [A] been for love.
[G] [A] Never would have seen the trouble that [Am] I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
[Em] [Am] Would have been gone [Em] like a wave of wind if [F] it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [Dm] me.
I wouldn't [F] be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] The [G] cold walls against [C] my will, and [G] [Dm] she's lying [Am] still.
[G] [C] [G] Far cold walls [A] without [C] love [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my [A] soul.
[E] [Am] [Em]
[Am]
[Dm] [F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Em] [Am] [D] [C] [Am]
[G] Never [A] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have took a mighty tractor down [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't [A] been for [Am] love.
[G] [C] The cold [G] walls [C] against my will, and [G] [Dm] she's [A] lying still.
[G] Far [C] [G] cold walls without [Am] [C] [G] mercy
[Dm] on [Am] my soul.
[G] [Am]
[F] [Am]
[F] [E]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Lucy [G] again if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [C] .44,
[F] put myself behind a [G] jailhouse [F] door if it [Dm] hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[Em] [F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for love.
[Am] [G] [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been for [A] love.
[D]
[Am] [A] [Bb]
[A] Oh yeah!
[E] Cammy Rogers on the fiddle!
[G] Give it up!
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [B] Never would have [A] run through the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my [Fm] name if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [A] been for love.
[G] [A] Never would have seen the trouble that [Am] I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
[Em] [Am] Would have been gone [Em] like a wave of wind if [F] it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [Dm] me.
I wouldn't [F] be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[C] The [G] cold walls against [C] my will, and [G] [Dm] she's lying [Am] still.
[G] [C] [G] Far cold walls [A] without [C] love [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my [A] soul.
[E] [Am] [Em]
[Am]
[Dm] [F] [Em] [Am]
[G] [F]
[Em] [Am] [D] [C] [Am]
[G] Never [A] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have took a mighty tractor down [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't [A] been for [Am] love.
[G] [C] The cold [G] walls [C] against my will, and [G] [Dm] she's [A] lying still.
[G] Far [C] [G] cold walls without [Am] [C] [G] mercy
[Dm] on [Am] my soul.
[G] [Am]
[F] [Am]
[F] [E]
[Am]
[D] [Am]
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Lucy [G] again if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [C] .44,
[F] put myself behind a [G] jailhouse [F] door if it [Dm] hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
[Em] [F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for love.
[Am] [G] [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been for [A] love.
[D]
[Am] [A] [Bb]
[A] Oh yeah!
[E] Cammy Rogers on the fiddle!
[G] Give it up!
Key:
Am
G
F
A
E
Am
G
F
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [B] Never would have [A] run through the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my [Fm] name if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [A] been for love.
[G] _ [A] Never would have seen the trouble that [Am] I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
[Em] [Am] Would have been gone [Em] like a wave of wind if [F] it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [Dm] me.
I wouldn't [F] be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ _ [C] The [G] cold walls against [C] my will, and _ [G] _ [Dm] she's lying [Am] _ still.
[G] _ [C] _ [G] Far cold walls [A] without [C] love _ _ [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my [A] soul.
[E] _ [Am] _ [Em] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Never _ [A] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have took a mighty tractor down [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't [A] been for [Am] love. _
[G] _ [C] The cold [G] walls [C] against my will, and _ [G] _ _ [Dm] she's [A] lying still.
[G] Far [C] _ [G] cold walls without [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] mercy _
[Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
_ Never would have called the train to Lucy [G] again if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [C] .44,
[F] put myself behind a [G] jailhouse [F] door if it [Dm] hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ [Em] [F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for love.
[Am] _ [G] _ [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been _ for [A] love.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[A] _ Oh yeah!
[E] Cammy Rogers on the fiddle!
[G] Give it up!
_ _ _ Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[A] [B] Never would have [A] run through the blinding [F] rain without one dollar to my [Fm] name if it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [A] been for love.
[G] _ [A] Never would have seen the trouble that [Am] I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
[Em] [Am] Would have been gone [Em] like a wave of wind if [F] it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Nobody knows it better than [Dm] me.
I wouldn't [F] be wishing I was free if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ _ [C] The [G] cold walls against [C] my will, and _ [G] _ [Dm] she's lying [Am] _ still.
[G] _ [C] _ [G] Far cold walls [A] without [C] love _ _ [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my [A] soul.
[E] _ [Am] _ [Em] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Never _ [A] would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for [Am] love.
Never would have took a mighty tractor down [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been, if [E] it hadn't [A] been for [Am] love. _
[G] _ [C] The cold [G] walls [C] against my will, and _ [G] _ _ [Dm] she's [A] lying still.
[G] Far [C] _ [G] cold walls without [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] mercy _
[Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
_ Never would have called the train to Lucy [G] again if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [C] .44,
[F] put myself behind a [G] jailhouse [F] door if it [Dm] hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ [Em] [F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for love.
[Am] _ [G] _ [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been _ for [A] love.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[A] _ Oh yeah!
[E] Cammy Rogers on the fiddle!
[G] Give it up!