If It Wasnt For The Nights - ABBA
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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it wasn't for the Nights – ABBA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus From: “Voulez-Vous” (1979) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Capo: 2nd fret Play: G Key: A For chords in original key, transpose +2. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] / [Instrumental) Whatever your strumming pattern, try to include these voicings. C C Bm Am7 Am7 Gsus7/D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|3---------0-7---|3-----------2---|3---------0-7---|3---------3-3-3-| B|5---------0-8---|5-----------3---|5---------0-8---|5---------1-1-1-| G|----------------|------------4---|----------------|----------0-0-0-| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------0-0-0-| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3 G 3-x-0-0-0-3 Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0 G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 Gsus4/D x-x-0-2-3-x Gsus4/D x-x-0-0-1-3 or x-5-5-5-3(3) C x-3-2-0-1-3 (chorus) Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3 (chorus) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C | Am7 D | Bm | % | 1 2 3 4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C | C Bm | Am7 | Am7 Gsus4/D | [Verse] | C/G G C/G | C/G G G G | C/G G C/G | C/G G G G | (instrumental) (I got appointments ...) [Verse 1] C/G G C/G I got appointments, work I have to do Am E Am Am/G D Keeping me so busy all the day through G Em They're the things that keep me from thinking of you (Aaaaaah ...) Am G/B G/B C Gsus4/D [ C/G G ] Baby, I miss you so, I know I'm never gonna make it (Oh I’m so restless...) [Verse 2] C/G G C/G I'm so restless, I don't care what I say Am E Am Am/G D And I lose my temper ten times a day G Em Still, it's even worse when the night's on its way Am Gsus4/D It's bad, o-o-o-o-oh, so bad [Chorus] C Am7 [ G ] Somehow, I'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] I'd have courage left to fight if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) [Bridge] C Am7 D How I fear the time when shadows start to fall Am7 Gsus4/D Sitting here alone and staring at the wall [Chorus] C Am7 [ G ] Even I could see a light if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (Even I could see a light I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] Somehow I'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) [Instrumental] | C | Am7 D | Bm | % | 1 2 3 4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C | C Bm | Am7 | Am7 Gsus4/D | [Verse] | C/G G C/G | C/G G G G | C/G G C/G | C/G G G G | (instrumental) (No one to turn to ...) [Verse 3] C/G G C/G No one to turn to, you know how it is Am E Am Am/G D I was not prepared for something like this G Em Now I see them clearly, the things that I miss (Aaaaaaah ...) Am G/B G/B C Gsus4/D [ C/G G ] Baby, I feel so bad, I know I'm never gonna make it (I got my business ...) [Verse 4] C/G G C/G I got my business to help me through the day Am E Am Am/G D People I must write to, bills I must pay G Em But everything's so different when night's on its way Am Gsus4/D It's bad, oh, so bad [Chorus] C Am7 [ G ] Somehow, I'd be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] I'd have courage left to fight if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) [Bridge] C Am7 D How I fear the time when shadows start to fall Am7 Gsus4/D Sitting here alone and staring at the wall [Chorus] C Am7 [ G ] Even I could see a light if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (Even I could see a light I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) [Chorus] variation C Am7 [ G ] If it ... wasn't ... for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) C Am7 [ G ] If it ... wasn't ... for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could make it) [Instrumental] | C | Am7 D | Bm | % | [Chorus] C Am7 [ G ] Even I could see a light if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (Even I could see a light I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) [Instrumental] | C | Am7 D | Bm | % | [Chorus] variation C Am7 [ G ] If it ... wasn't ... for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it) C Am7 [ G ] If it ... wasn't ... for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could make it) [Chorus] (fade out) C Am7 [ G ] Even I could see a light if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (Even I could see a light I think that I could make it) C Am7 [ G ] Guess my future would look bright if it wasn't for the nights G [ C ] (If it wasn't for the nights, I think that I could take it)