If I Cant Have You - Yvonne Elliman
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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If I Can't Have You – Yvonne Elliman
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Written by: Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
From “Saturday Night Fever – Original Movie Soundtrack” (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The recording is somewhere between B and C. I chose the key of C here as
it is much easier to play.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-
C x-3-2-0-
Fm/C x-3-x-1-
G/C x-3-x-0-
F/C x-3-x-2-
F/G 3-x-3-2-
B-e
1-0
1-1
0-3
1-1
1-1
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[Intro]
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[Don’t know ...]
[Verse]
Don't know why
I'm surviving
every lonely
day
When there's g
/
ot to be no ch
ance for me
My life would
end and it doe
sn't matter ho
w I cry
My tears of lo
ve are a waste
of time, if I
turn away
[Bridge]
Am I strong en
ough to see it
through
Go crazy is wh
at I will do
[Chorus]
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
[Interlude]
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[Can’t let ...]
[Verse]
Can't let go a
nd it doesn't
matter how I t
ry
I gave it all
so easily to y
/
ou my love
[Bridge]
To dreams that
never will co
me true
Am I strong en
ough to see it
through
Go crazy is wh
at I will do
[Chorus]
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
[Interlude]
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3 + 4 + |
[If I ...]
[Chorus]
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
If I can't hav
e you, I don't
want nobody b
aby
If I can't hav
e you ah ah ah
– ah
(repeat and fade)