Intro Riff
C#m C#m
e|----00----------00-----------|
B|----11----------11-----------|
G|----22----------22-----------|
D|----22----------22-----------|
A|--0-00--------0-00-----------|
E|--------0--3--------0--3-----| x2
[Verse]
C#m
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana
A
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
Never would have run through the blinding rain
A
Without one dollar to my name
A G# C#m (Riff)
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
C#m
I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
I would have been gone like a wayward wind
A
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
Nobody knows it better than me
A
I wouldn't be wishing I was free
A G# C#m (Walk up to C)
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
[Chorus]
E B F#m C#m
Four cold walls against my will
E B F#m C#m
At least I know he's lying still
E B F#m C#m
Four cold walls without parole
E B F#m C#m
Lord have mercy on my soul
[Intro Riff]
[Verse]
C#m
Never would have gone to that side of town
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
Never would have took a mind to track him down
A
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
I never would have loaded up a .44
A
Put myself behind a jail house door
A G# C#m (Riff)
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
[Chorus]
E B F#m C#m
Four cold walls against my will
E B F#m C#m
At least I know he's lying still
E B F#m C#m
Four cold walls without parole
E B F#m C#m
Lord have mercy on my soul
[Verse]
C#m
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana
A
If it hadn't been for love
C#m
I never would have loaded up a .44
A
Put myself behind a jail house door
A G# C#m
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
A G# C#m
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
(slow) A G# C#m
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love