Chords for The Steeldrivers - If It Hadn't Been For Love (lyrics)
Tempo:
79.15 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
for love.
to my name if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love.
been for love.
wishing I was free if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[C] The [G] cold walls [C] against my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still.
[A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
for love.
to my name if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love.
been for love.
wishing I was free if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
[C] The [G] cold walls [C] against my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still.
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_ [A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run [B] through the blinding rain without [Fm] one dollar to my name if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ _ Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love.
[Am] Would have been gone like a wayward [F] wind if it hadn't been for love.
[E] [Am] Nobody knows it better [G] than me, [F] I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
_ [C] _ The [G] cold walls [C] against my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still.
[C] _ The [G] cold walls [Am] without parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _
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Never would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't [E] been [Am] for love.
Never would have took a mountain triker down [F] if it hadn't [Dm] been [G] for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [F] .44,
put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for [Am] love.
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[C] The [G] cold [C] walls against my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] alive and still.
_ The [G] cold [C] walls without parole, _ [G] Lord have [Dm] mercy on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _ _
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Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't [D] been for love.
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up [C] a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love. _
[F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't been for [C] love.
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[Am] [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been _ [A] for love.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A] Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have run [B] through the blinding rain without [Fm] one dollar to my name if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't [Am] been for love.
_ _ Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for [G] love.
[Am] Would have been gone like a wayward [F] wind if it hadn't been for love.
[E] [Am] Nobody knows it better [G] than me, [F] I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been, [Em] if it hadn't been [Am] for love.
_ [C] _ The [G] cold walls [C] against my will, at least [G] I know [Dm] she's alive [Am] and still.
[C] _ The [G] cold walls [Am] without parole, Lord [G] have mercy [Dm] on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Never would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't [E] been [Am] for love.
Never would have took a mountain triker down [F] if it hadn't [Dm] been [G] for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up a [F] .44,
put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't [G] been for [Am] love.
[G] _
[C] The [G] cold [C] walls against my will, at [G] least I know [Dm] she's [Am] alive and still.
_ The [G] cold [C] walls without parole, _ [G] Lord have [Dm] mercy on [Am] my soul. _ _ _ _ _
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Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't [D] been for love.
[Am] Never would have called the train to Louisiana [F] if it hadn't been for love.
[Am] Never would have loaded up [C] a .44,
[F] put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't [Em] been, if it hadn't been for [Am] love. _
[F] If it hadn't [E] been, if it hadn't been for [C] love.
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[Am] [F] If it hadn't been, [E] if it hadn't been _ [A] for love.
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