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Without You
Words & Music by Tom Evans & Pete Ham*
Recorded by Harry Nilsson, 1972 (#1)
Intro: | D9 D6 | D9 B7 |
(B7) D9 D6
Well I can't forget this evening
Bm7 B7/E
And your face when you were leaving
Em9 Em Em7 G/B F#7
But I guess that's just the way the story goes
Bm Bm7/E G
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
D6 D9 A9 A7 A9 A7
Yes it shows
D9 D6
Well I can't forget tomorrow
Bm7 B7/E
When I think of all the sorrow
Em9 Em Em7 G/B F#7
I had you there and then I let you go
Bm Bm7/E G
And now it's only fair to let you know
D6 D9 A9 A7 A9 A7
What you should know.
Refrain:
(A7) D Bm7 Bm7/E
I can't live if living is without you,
Em G/B A9 A7
I cant live, I can't live anymore;
(A7) D Bm7 Bm7/E
I can't live if living is without you,
Em G/B A9 A7 D6 D9 G Gdim D6
I cant live, I can't live anymore.
*Despite the fact that Nilsson's smash-hit success with this song makes it almost instantly identifiable with him, he didn't write it -- his 1971 recording was a cover of a song written and recorded by Badfinger.
Ever wonder why you didn't hear much more out of him after the early 70s? He ruptured a vocal chord while recording the John Lennon-produced album "Pussycats" in 1974, which cost him his famous upper-register vocal range. He only partially recovered, recording his last vocal tracks shortly before his death in 1994.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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