If It Hadn't Been For Love Chords

KeyAm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays662

If It Hadn't Been For Love by Adele is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Am, F, E, C, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro Riff 
      Am          Am 
e|----00----------00-----------| 
B|----11----------11-----------| 
G|----22----------22-----------| 
D|----22----------22-----------| 
A|--0-00--------0-00-----------| 
E|--------0--3--------0--3-----|   (2x) 



Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 

If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
      F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have run through the blinding rain 
    F 
Without one dollar to my name 
F                        E                Am (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 

Am 
I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in 

If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I would have been gone like a wayward wind 
      F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Nobody knows it better than me 
F 
I wouldn't be wishing I was free 
      F                   E               Am  (Walk up to C) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 


C         G      Dm        C 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    C 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm    C 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    C 
Lord have mercy on my soul 


Intro Riff 

Am 
Never would have gone to that side of town 

If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have took a mind to track him down 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love. 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
     F                   E               Am  (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love. 


C         G      Dm        C 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    C 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm    C 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    C 
Lord have mercy on my soul 


Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 

If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
 F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante