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If You Ain't Got Love

Mason Jennings
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Fingerpicking Sequence
A
E--------------------------
B---2---------2------2-----
G---------2--------2-------
D-------2--------2---------
A---0-------0--------0-----
E--------------------------
 On the train  ride to Paris
 Or from sunny  Barcelona
 We rose  up through the mountains  as the sun  started setting
 And the sea  came out below us
 As we rode  through a village
 We passed  ten feet from a little  porch where a man  was serving dinner
 And our window  was open  and we  could hear them laughing.
I’m  never gonna give  you up
What  do you got if you ain’t  got love?
 If you ain’t got love.
What  do you got if you ain’t  got love?
 At nine  in the morning
 After nine  months of waiting
You  were born and I saw  your face
 And you  looked up at  me
 But before  I could hold you
 The doctors  raced you from me
 They told  me that you might  not live
 your heart  was not healthy.
 And with wires  coming from  you
I  sat beside  you.
I’m  never gonna give  you up
What  do you got if you ain’t  got love?
 If you ain’t got love.
What  do you got if you ain’t  got love?
Someday, someday soon,
You  and I  will both be gone
And  lately I  can’t  help but think
That  the love we feel  will live on.
 At a little wooden cabin
 Up in northern Minnesota
 We ran together down to the dock
 And you jumped right off it.
 And from out in the water
 You called me to join you
 And I said “baby, I can not swim if I jump I’ll surely drown you.”
 You said “life has no limit, if you’re not afraid to get in it.”
 And Oh, baby I jumped to you,
 Since then there’s nothing I can’t do.
 I’m never gonna give you up
 What do you got if you ain’t got love?
 If you ain’t got love.
 What do you got if you ain’t got love?
 Someday, someday soon,
 You and I will both be gone
 But lately I can’t help but think
 That the love we feel will live on
 Fat Lemon Tabs

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Readable chord sheet for If You Ain't Got Love by Mason Jennings

Fingerpicking Sequence
     [A]
E[--------------------------]
B[---2---------2------2-----]
G[---------2--------2-------]
D[-------2--------2---------]
A[---0-------0--------0-----]
E[--------------------------]
On the [A]train ride to Paris
Or from [E]sunny Barcelona
We [A]rose up through the [D]mountains as the [A]sun started [E]setting
And the [A]sea came out below us
As we [E]rode through a village
We [A]passed ten feet from a [D]little porch where a [A]man was serving [E]dinner
And our [Bm]window was [E]open and [A]we could hear them [D]laughing.

[D]I’m never gonna [E]give you up
[A]What do you got if you [D]ain’t got love?
If you ain’t got [E]love.
[A]What do you got if you [D]ain’t got love?

At [A]nine in the morning
After [E]nine months of waiting
[A]You were born and I [D]saw your face
And [A]you looked up [E]at me
But [A]before I could hold you
The [E]doctors raced you from me
They [A]told me that you [D]might not live
your [A]heart was not [E]healthy.
And with [Bm]wires coming [E]from you
[A]I sat [D]beside you.

[D]I’m never gonna [E]give you up
[A]What do you got if you [D]ain’t got love?
If you ain’t got [E]love.
[A]What do you got if you [D]ain’t got love?

[A]Some[E]day, [A]someday [D]soon,
[A]You and [E]I will both be [D]gone
[A]And lately [E]I can’[A]t help but [D]think
[A]That the love we [E]feel will live [D]on.

At a little wooden cabin
Up in northern Minnesota
We ran together down to the dock
And you jumped right off it.
And from out in the water
You called me to join you
And I said “baby, I can not swim if I jump I’ll surely drown you.”
You said “life has no limit, if you’re not afraid to get in it.”

And Oh, baby I jumped to you,
Since then there’s nothing I can’t do.

I’m never gonna give you up
What do you got if you ain’t got love?
If you ain’t got love.
What do you got if you ain’t got love?

Someday, someday soon,
You and I will both be gone
But lately I can’t help but think
That the love we feel will live on

Fat Lemon Tabs

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