If I Had You chords by Dire Straits

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Dire Straits - If I Had You  (Basic Backing Chords)


  Intro:
E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE


  Chorus:
E MajorE  A augmentedA    E MajorE       A augmentedA
Ooh If I had you, Yeah the things that I could do
         E MajorE
(Honey) If I had you

Verse 1:
E MajorE      A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Now I could sing like an angel, fly just like a bird
A augmentedA                  E MajorE
Sing you the best love song you ever heard
A augmentedA                E MajorE
I could be a poet like Muhammad Ali
A augmentedA                    C# minorC#m      BB  E MajorE
Float like a butterfly, sting just like a, just like a bee


  Chorus:
E MajorE  A augmentedA    E MajorE    A augmentedA
Ooh If I had you, the things that I could do
     E MajorE
If I had you


Verse 2:
E MajorE    A augmentedA                E MajorE
Now I'd go get your name tattooed on my chest
     A augmentedA                   E MajorE
Well it'd just say 'My baby, my baby, she's the best!'
A augmentedA                       E MajorE
I could be your Superman, you could be my Lois Lane
A augmentedA                     C# minorC#m     BB   E MajorE
I could be a Tarzan, you could be my sweet Jane if you wanted to


  Chorus:
E MajorE  A augmentedA    E MajorE    A augmentedA
Mmm If I had you, the things that I could do
     E MajorE
If I had you ,yea one more time
E MajorE  A augmentedA    E MajorE           A augmentedA
Ooh If I had you, only had you,the things that I could do,Oh Yea
     E MajorE
If I had you

  Bridge:
N.C.
             E MajorE   A augmentedA      E MajorE
So come on dance with me baby, don't let me go
             A augmentedA      E MajorE
Yeah dance with me baby, don't let me go
          A augmentedA     E MajorE        BB
Baby don't let me, don't let me don't let me go, oh no
F# minorF#m            E MajorE      BB
Don't let me,don't let me,don't let me go
         E MajorE
Dont let me go go now


  Bridge:
N.C.
             E MajorE   A augmentedA      E MajorE
So come on dance with me baby, don't let me go
             A augmentedA      E MajorE
Yeah dance with me baby, don't let me go
          A augmentedA     E MajorE        BB
Baby don't let me, don't let me don't let me go, oh no
F# minorF#m            E MajorE      BB
Don't let me,don't let me,don't let me go
         E MajorE
Dont let me go go now


  Outro:
        (Keyboard Backing)
A augmentedA  A augmentedA  E MajorE  E MajorE
BB  BB  BB  BB
F# minorF#m F#m E MajorE  E MajorE
BB  BB  E MajorE  E MajorE   x2

Mark W