If I Didnt Have Your Love Chords
If I Didnt Have Your Love by Leonard Cohen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D G D A D
verse 1
D Bm
If the sun would lose its light
G D
And we lived an endless night
A G A
And there was nothing left that you could feel
D Bm
That's how it would be
G D
What my life would seem to me
A D
If I didn't have your love to make it real
Instrumental
D G D A D
verse 2
D Bm
If the stars were all unpinned
G D
And a cold and bitter wind
A G A
Swallowed up the world without a trace
D Bm
Ah, well that's where I would be
G D
What my life would seem to me
A D
If I couldn't lift the veil and see your face
verse 3
D Bm
And if no leaves were on the tree
G D
And no water in the sea
A G A
And the break of day had nothing to reveal
D Bm
That's how broken I would be
G D
What my life would seem to me
A D
If I didn't have your love to make it real
Instrumental
D G D Bm G D G Gm
verse 4
D Bm
If the sun would lose its light
G D
And we lived in an endless night
A G A
And there was nothing left that you could feel
D Bm
If the sea were sand alone
G D
And the flowers made of stone
A G A
And no one that you hurt could ever heal
D Bm
Well that's how broken I would be
G D
What my life would seem to me
A D
If I didn't have your love to make it real
Outro
G D Bm G D G Gm D