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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.