If Not for You

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

3   4   5   6
If not for you,
 -6   7   7  7    -6   6   6
Babe, I couldn't find the door,
 -6  -6  7  7 -6   6    6
Couldn't even see the floor,
 -6 6   6   5  -6 5
I'd be sad and blue,
3   4   5   4
If not for you.

3   4   5   6
If not for you,
 -6    7   7  7 -6   6    6
Babe, I'd lay awake all night,
 -6   7   7  -6  6     6
Wait for the mornin' light
-6  -6   6   -6  6
To shine in through,
-6  -6   6    6  -5 -6 6
But it would not be new-,
3   4   5   4
If not for you.

-6 -6  -6  -6
If not for you
6   6    6    6
My sky would fall,
 6    -7    7 -7  -6 6
Rain would gather too-.
-6  -6   -6   -6  -6  6  -6  6   6   6
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
 6  -6  -6  -6  6  -5   6
I'd be lost if not for you,
-5  -5   -5   -5   5
And you know it's true.

-6 -6  -6  -6
If not for you
5   6    6    6
My sky would fall,
 7    -7   -7 -6  -6 6
Rain would gather too-.
-6  -6   -6   -6  -6  6   6  6   6   6
Without your love I'd be nowhere at all,
-6   7     7   7 7
Oh! What would I do
6  -6  -5   6
If not for you.

3   4   5   6 
If not for you,
-6 7     7    -6  6    6
Winter would have no spring,
-6  -6    7    7  7  7   6
Couldn't hear the robin sing,
6  -6    6  6    6   5 -6 6
I just wouldn't have a clue,
7 7 7  7   -7  -7   -6  -6 6
Anyway it wouldn't ring true,
7   -6 -5  5 4 
If not for you.

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