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Sara Bareilles - If I Can't Have You Chords

[verse 1]
A#
 You tell me that you're leavin'
              Gm
You say that time will slow the bleedin'
                     D#
Of this heart that I've placed into your hands
                     Cm
I held it out to you
                     F
Now you give it back, what am I supposed to do?
A#
 Oh, I had a feeling
                Gm
This day would come and leave me reeling
                 D#
I just want to run back in your arms again
                            Cm
But they're no longer there
                       F
To hold me safe inside, to hold me anywhere

[chorus]
A#         Cm    Gm  Dm
Ooh, if I can't have you
          D#                            A#
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
         Cm    Gm  Dm
Though I don't want to
   D#                       Cm
I have to do my best to recall
       F                              A#
That I'm thankful that I held you at all

[verse 2]
A#
 I miss you every morning and in the evening rain
Gm
 Tonight, it's pouring, and I'm alone again
Cm
 I count the seconds between the thoughts of you
Cm                        F
 I'm getting better, baby, I'm almost up to two
A#
 Oh, you had your reasons, and I know
Gm
 Some folks are seasons, they got to come and go
Cm
 But I'm still tender (Still tender),

I miss the summertime
Cm
 When I could feel your love
F
 and I could still feel mine

[chorus]
A#         Cm    Gm  Dm
Ooh, if I can't have you
          D#                            A#
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
         Cm    Gm  Dm
Though I don't want to
   D#                      Cm
I have to do my best to recall
       F
That I'm thankful that I held you at all

[bridge]
G#
 You gave me everything
Cm                          A#
 That I will need to walk this long road
G#
 Gave me a sense of pride
Cm                         F
 That I will carry with me all the way back home

[chorus]
C         Dm   Am  Em
Ooh, if I can't have you
          F                            C
Then I'll have to find a way to get through
         Dm   Am  Em
Though I don't want to
  F                       Dm
I have to do my best to recall
       G                             C
That I'm thankful that I held you at all

[outro]
                    Am
I'm thankful that I held you
                     C
(I'm thankful that I held you)
                    Am
I'm thankful that I held you
                    C
I'm thankful that I held you, held you, held you
                     Am
(I'm thankful that I held you)
     C
I'm, I'm, I'm
      Am
Yeah, yeah
                     C
(I'm thankful that I held you)

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