How to Play If It Hadn't Been For Love on Guitar?

Adele - If It Hadn't Been For Love can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, E7, C, G, Dm chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play If It Hadn't Been For Love with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Adele - If It Hadn’t Been For Love Chords

Chord reference Am, F, E7, C, G, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am]I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham, if it hadn’t been for love [Am]I never would have caught the train to Louisiana, if it [F]hadn’t been for love [Am]Never would have run through the blinding rain, [F]without one dollar to my name [F]If it hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am]love, [Am]I never would have seen the trouble that I’m in

[Am]If it hadn’t been for love, [Am]I would have been gone like a wayward wind If it [F]hadn’t been for love, [Am]nobody knows it better than me [F]I wouldn’t be wishing I was free, [F]if it hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am]love

[C]Four cold [G]walls [Dm]against my [Am]will, at [C]least I [G]know he’s [Dm]lying [Am]still [C]Four cold [G]walls [Dm]without [Am]parole, [C]Lord have [G]mercy [Dm]on my [Am]soul

[Am]Never would have gone to that side of town, [Am]if it hadn’t been for love [Am]Never would have took a mind to track him down, if it [F]hadn’t been for love. [Am]I never would have loaded up a .44, [F]put myself behind a jail house door If [F]it hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am][(Riff)]love.

[C]Four cold [G]walls [Dm]against my [Am]will, at [C]least I [G]know he’s [Dm]lying [Am]still [C]Four cold [G]walls [Dm]without [Am]parole, [C]Lord have [G]mercy [Dm]on my [Am]soul

[Am]I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham, [Am]if it hadn’t been for love [Am]I never would have caught the train to Louisiana, if it [F]hadn’t been for love [Am]I never would have loaded up a .44, [F]put myself behind a jail house door If it [F]hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am]love If it [F]hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am]love If it [F]hadn’t been, if it [E]hadn’t been for [Am]love

Artist Adele

Album 21

Genres Pop

Year 2011

Key Am

Adele - If It Hadn't Been For Love can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, E7, C, G, Dm chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play If It Hadn't Been For Love with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.