If Not For You Chords
If Not For You by Shakey Graves is a guitar song played in the key of C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
F |-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------0--4(5)--5------------------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------0--4-----5------------------------------------------------|
Intro:
C#|--------------------4--4-3---------------------4p3----4-3------------------|
G#|--------------4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----------------------|
F |---------------------------0-------------0----------------0----------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
G#|---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-3---4---0--------------------0-3-4-0------------------------0-3-4-0-------|
C#|-------4--4-3---------------------4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
G#|-4--5-----------------------4--5------5-----5-----5-----5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
F |-0------------0-------------0----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
C#|-0--------------------------0--------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----2----4----|
C#|-----------------0-3-4-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Strum/Pick through the chords C#(16x) F(12x) F#(4x)
(you can play almost any notes as long as you hold the chords and it'll sound good)
The following notes are played while strumming C# (listen to the recording to know when):
C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
G#|-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5-| |--------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------| |-0--2--4--5---0--2--4--5--------------------------|
C#|-------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
On the last time through, play only the bass notes of the F and F# chords:
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--|
G#|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----x-x-x-x--|
C#|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--x-x-x-x--|
Chorus: