If I Can't Have You chords by Sara Bareilles

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
A
  You tell me that you're leavin'
              F#m
You say that time will slow the bleedin'
                     D
Of this heart that I've placed into your hands
                     Bm
I held it out to you
                     E
Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do?
A

  Oh, I had a feeling
                F#m
This day would come and leave me reeling
                 D
I just want to run back in your arms again
                            Bm
But they're no longer there
                       E
To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere


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


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


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


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


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


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