If
I Didn't Love You (Difford/Tilbrook)
INTRO: G
A G D (2x)
A G D A
If I didn't love you I'd hate you
G D A
Watching you play in the bath
G D A
A soap suds stickle back navy
G D F
A scrubbing brush landing craft
C E F
Your skin gets softer and warmer
C E F#dim
I pat you down with a towel
Am F C
Tonight it's love by the fire
E F#dim
My mind goes out on the prowl
If I (7x)
A G D A
If I didn't love you I'd hate you
G D A
I'm playing your stereogram
G D A
Singles remind me of kisses
G D F
Albums remind me of plans
C E F
Tonight it's love by the fire
C E F#dim
The wind plays over the coals
Am F C
Passionate looks are my fancy
E F#dim
But you turn the look into stone
If I (7x)
Am
If I didn't love you
F D/F# (see footnote 1)
Would you sit and glow
Am
by the fire
F D/F#
If I didn't love you
Am F D/F#
Would you make me feel so
Am F
Mad and love me //your guess is as good as mine!
D/F# Am F
Oh....If I didn't love you
F#dim
Mmmmm...
If I (7x)
BRIDGE: G (twice as long as intro)
AD LIB: A G D (4x)
F C E (2x)
F#dim Am F C E A
G D A
If I didn't love you I'd hate you
G D A
Cocoa mugs sit side by side
G D A
It's time to poke at the fire
G D F
But it's not tonight, looks I find
C E F
Taking a bite on a biscuit
C E F#dim
The record jumps on a scratch
Am F C
Tonight it's love by the fire
E F#dim
The door of your love's on the latch
If I (7x)
Am
If I didn't love you
F D/F#
Would you sit and glow
Am
by the fire
F D/F#
If I didn't love you
Am F D/F#
Would you make me feel so
Am F
Mad and love me
D/F# Am
Oh....If I didn't love you
F D/F#
Would you sit and glow
Am
by the fire
F D/F#
If I didn't love you
Am F D/F#
Would you make me feel so
Am F
Mad and love me
D/F# Am F
Oh....If I didn't love you
F#dim
Mmmm.....
If I (4x)
Didn't (4x)
Love you (2x)
N.C./F# (see footnote 2)
Love you
Love you
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Footnote 1: If played on keyboard, the D must be played D-F#-A. Won't sound
right otherwise.
Footnote 2: That's right, no chord split F#. i.e., the bassist closes the
song with F#.
Original post by Timothy W. Gordon
Additions/corrections by Geordan Rosario (geordan@csua.berkeley.edu)
with some help from Ben Scott (scotsman@csua.berkeley.edu).