If I Had You chords by Dire Straits

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

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


  Intro:
E  E  E  E


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


  Outro:
        (Keyboard Backing)
A  A  E  E
B  B  B  B
F#m F#m E  E
B  B  E  E   x2

Mark W