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Date: 10/4/98; 11:32:18 PM
From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (rick)
Subject: CRD: If It Wasn't For You     Poco    Chords/Lyrics

Poco            If It Wasn't For You written by Richie Furay
                                                S. Sellen

Richie Furay      lead vocals/guitar
Randy Mesiner     bass/vocals
Jim Messina       guitar/vocals
Rusty Young       steel guitar/guitar/vocals
George Grantham   drums/vocals

Cmaj7                   Fmaj7                   
It's hard to see myself out there alone
Cmaj7                   Fmaj7
People starin' 'cause I got no home
Cmaj7                      Fmaj7
Nowhere to lay my head, so I just walk on
Cmaj7                    Fmaj7
Searchin' for somethin', daylight 'til dawn
Dm                     Em          Am
When I had taken about all I could take,
       Fmaj7           Cmaj7
Oh no, where's my life goin'
Dm                    Em               Am
Livin' blindly to the difference you'd make
              F                           G
Your love was tender but strong, you were there all along
      Am         F
If it wasn't for you
           C         G  
There'd be no one to make me try
      Am         F
If it wasn't for you
         C              G
I'd just stand here and cry
      Am          F
If it wasn't for you
          C         G
Who would care if I lived or died
Fmaj7
If it wasn't for you
                    Cmaj7  Fmaj7
Now I know I'll get through
Cmaj7                      Fmaj7
I don't know how it got to be this way
Cmaj7                           Fmaj7
The hope of life just seemed to slip away
Cmaj7                           Fmaj7
Can I find the strength to face another day
Cmaj7                Fmaj7 
I can't pretend now, want it to end now
Dm                     Em          Am
When I had taken about all I could take,
       Fmaj7           Cmaj7
Oh no, where's my life goin'
Dm                    Em               Am
Livin' blindly to the difference you'd make
               F                           G
Your love was tender but strong, you were there all along
      Am         F
If it wasn't for you
           C         G  
There'd be no one to make me try
      Am         F
If it wasn't for you
         C              G
I'd just stand here and cry
      Am          F
If it wasn't for you
          C         G
Who would care if I lived or died
Fmaj7             Fm
If it wasn't for you
                    Cmaj7  Fmaj7  Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Now I know I'll get through

Solo

      Am         F     C           G                  
If it wasn't for you - who could I turn to  
      Am         F     C           G
If it wasn't for you
      Am         F                 C              G
If it wasn't for you - I'd feel my heart break in two
      Am         F           C            G      
If it wasn't for you - yeah, what would I do

Straight Gate Music(BMI)
From The Legacy CD
RCA Records