🎸 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)