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If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt: G C/G G Am A/G C C/B BM/F# G BM/F# G C Am Asus2/G D G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G

The song describes the singer's feelings of longing and being far away from their love. The rain tapping on the roof makes the singer think of their love in England where their heart lies. Their mind is distracted and thoughts are with their love. They have come to doubt what they once knew as true except for the truth that is their love. Watching the raindrops makes the singer feel like they are much like the rain, that but for the grace of their love, that is where they too could be.

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If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt: G C/G G Am A/G C C/B BM/F# G BM/F# G C Am Asus2/G D G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G

The song describes the singer's feelings of longing and being far away from their love. The rain tapping on the roof makes the singer think of their love in England where their heart lies. Their mind is distracted and thoughts are with their love. They have come to doubt what they once knew as true except for the truth that is their love. Watching the raindrops makes the singer feel like they are much like the rain, that but for the grace of their love, that is where they too could be.

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If I needed you – Townes van Zandt

VERSE
G C/G G
I hear the drizzle of the rain
Am A/G C C/B Bm/F#
Like a memo- ry it falls
G Bm/F# G C
Soft and warm continuing
Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
Tapping on my roof and walls

VERSE
G C/G | G C/G | G |
And from the shelter of my mind
Am Asus2/G C C/B Bm/F#
Through the window of my eyes
G Bm/F# G C
I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets
Am D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
To England where my heart lies

INTERLUDE
|D*|%|%|D*|
| G C/G | G |

VERSE
G C/G G
My mind's distracted and diffused
Am Asus2/G C C/B Bm/F#
My thoughts are many miles a- way
G Bm/F# G C
They lie with you when you're asleep
Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
And kiss you when you-ou-ou start your day
If I needed you – Townes van Zandt

VERSE
G C/G G
And a song I was writing’s left undone
Am Asus2/G C C/B Bm/F#
I don't know why I spent my time
G Bm/F# G C
Writing songs I can't believe
Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G |
With words that tear a-nd strain to rhyme

INTERLUDE
|D*|%|%|D*|
| G C/G | G |

VERSE
G C/G G
And so you see I have come to doubt
Am Asus2/G C C/B Bm/F#
All that I once knew as true
G Bm/F# G C
I stand alone without beliefs
Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
The only truth I knowow-ow is you

VERSE
G C/G G
And as I watch the drops of rain
Am Asus2/G C C/B Bm/F#
Weave their weary paths and die
G Bm/F# G C
I know that I am like the rain
Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G |
There but for the grace of you go I

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE (+ coda)

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