If I Can't Have You chords by Sara Bareilles

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
 You tell me that you're leavin'
       F# minorF#m
You say that time will slow the bleedin'
           D MajorD
Of this heart that I've placed into your hands
           B minorBm
I held it out to you
           E MajorE
Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do?
A augmentedA
 Oh, I had a feeling
        F# minorF#m
This day would come and leave me reeling
         D MajorD
I just want to run back in your arms again
              B minorBm
But they're no longer there
            E MajorE
To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere

Chorus:
A augmentedA     B minorBm  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
Ooh, if I can't have you
     D MajorD              A augmentedA
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
     B minorBm  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
Though I don't want to
  D MajorD            B minorBm
I have to do my best to recall
    E MajorE               A augmentedA
That I'm thankful that I held you at all


Verse 2:
A augmentedA
 I miss you every morning and in the evening rain
F# minorF#m
 Tonight, it's pouring, and I'm alone again
B minorBm
 I count the seconds between the thoughts of you
B minorBm             E MajorE
 I'm getting better, baby, I'm almost up to two
A augmentedA
 Oh, you had your reasons, and I know
F# minorF#m
 Some folks are seasons, they got to come and go
B minorBm
 But I'm still tender (Still tender), I miss the summertime
B minorBm              E MajorE
 When I could feel your love and I could still feel mine

Chorus:
A augmentedA     B minorBm  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
Ooh, if I can't have you
     D MajorD              A augmentedA
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
     B minorBm  F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
Though I don't want to
  D MajorD           B minorBm
I have to do my best to recall
    E MajorE
That I'm thankful that I held you at all


Bridge:
G+G
 You gave me everything
B minorBm              A augmentedA
 That I will need to walk this long road (Show me the way to get back)
G+G
 Gave me a sense of pride
B minorBm             E MajorE
 That I will carry with me all the way back home


Chorus:
BB     C# minorC#m  G# minorG#m D#mD#m
Ooh, if I can't have you
     E MajorE              BB
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
     C# minorC#m  G# minorG#m D#mD#m
Though I don't want to
 E MajorE            C# minorC#m
I have to do my best to recall
    F# minorF#m              BB
That I'm thankful that I held you at all


Outro:
          G# minorG#m
I'm thankful that I held you
           BB
(I'm thankful that I held you)
          G# minorG#m
I'm thankful that I held you
          BB
I'm thankful that I held you, held you, held you
           G# minorG#m
(I'm thankful that I held you)
   BB
I'm, I'm, I'm
   G# minorG#m
Yeah, yeah
           BB
(I'm thankful that I held you)