--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I Can't Have You â€" Bee Gees --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Bee Gees If I Can't Have You (1977) (Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb) Originally recorded for the movie Saturday Night Fever. Later released on “Tales From the Brothers Gibb” [CD3] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS [capo 2nd fret) E-A-D-G_B-E Gm/D x-x-0-3-3-3 A/D x-x-0-2-2-0 G/D x-x-0-0-0-3 G/A x-0-5-4-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo 2nd fret INTRO Am Am Bm Em Em Bm |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | A Bm C G |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | [Don’t know ...] VERSE D Gm/D D Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day A/D G/D When there's got to be no chance for me D Gm/D D My life would end and it doesn't matter how I cry A/D G/D A/D My tears of love are a waste of time, if I turn away BRIDGE G Em Am I strong enough to see it through G Em G/A Go crazy is what I will do CHORUS Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah INTERLUDE Am Am Bm Em Em Bm |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | A Bm C G |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | [Can’t let ...] VERSE D Gm/D D Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try A/D G/D A/D I gave it all so easily to you my love BRIDGE G Em To dreams that never will come true G Em Am I strong enough to see it through G Em G/A Go crazy is what I will do CHORUS Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah INTERLUDE Em Bm A | |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + | |Bm C G |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | [If I ...] CHORUS Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah Bm A If I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby F#m Bm If I can't have you ah ah ah â€" ah (repeat and fade)
About the artist behind If I Cant Have You:
The multiple Grammy Award-winning group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s.
No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable; as brothers, their voices blended perfectly, in the same way that The Everly Brothers' did. Barry sang lead on many songs, and an R&B falsetto introduced in the disco years; Robin provided the clear vibrato lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music; Maurice sang high and low harmonies throughout their career. The three brothers co-wrote most of their hits, and they said that they felt like they became 'one person' when they were writing. The group's name was retired after Maurice died in January 2003.
The Bee Gees were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; fittingly, the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony"[1] was Brian Wilson, leader of the Beach Boys, America's first family of rock harmony.
It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total more than 220 million, easily making them one of the best-selling music artists of all-time. The above figure in record sales does not include record sales for artists for whom they have written and with whom they have collaborated. Their 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".[2]
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