If I Lost You Now Nerina Pallot
Song title: If I Lost You Now
Words and Music by Nerina Pallot
Copyright © 2011 Polydor Ltd/Geffen Records (UK)
Published by Geffen Records (UK)
NOTES:
This is another gorgeous song that you might want to play for a loved one at
an appropriate moment. The song seems to be in Low Tune i.e. a semi-tone lower
than standard (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) so, if you want to play along you're going
to have to re-tune or transpose. Chords below are for standard tuning.
VERSE:
Chords:
A x02220 E7 779797 or x767xx
C#m7 x46454 C x32010
F#m 244222 E 022100
Dmaj7 xx0222 or 557675 Esus4 022200
[Bm7] [797777]
[A] If I lost you [C#m7]now, would [F#m]I cry,
[Dmaj7] And hang my [C#m7]head [Dmaj7] forlorn and [Bm7]sad?[E7]
[A] Would I greet each [C#m7]day in [F#m]silence
[Dmaj7] And wipe each [C#m7]tear, [Dmaj7] each hopeless [C#m7]hope,
[Dmaj7]Wordlessly a[C#m7]way until I [C]slip into [E]sha[Esus4]dow?
BRIDGE:
Notes:
The chords on the last line are picked thus:
[A] [Am] [E7sus4] [E]
|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |------2---------2---------2---------1----| |----2---------2---------0---------2---2--| |--0-----0---3-----3---2-----2------------| |--------------------------------0--------|
Chords:
Dmaj7 xx0222 or 557675 C#m7 446454
E 022100 A x02220
F#m7 242222 Am x322xx
F#7 242322 E7sus4 020200
If I [Dmaj7]lost you [E]now, would I be [F#m7]sorry?
Would I [Dmaj7]slowly [E]stumble on some[F#m7]how?[F#7]
Would I [Dmaj7]hide my [E]eyes from this [C#m7]lonely [F#7]life
If I [Dmaj7]lost [E]you [A]now?[Am] [E7sus4] [E]
(repeat picked chords: A Am E7sus4 E)
VERSE:
[A] Would the world go [C#m7]on re[F#m]gardless
[Dmaj7] And foreign [C#m7]runes [Dmaj7] of time pur[Bm7]sued?[E7]
[A]Love is his [C#m7]name and ever [F#m]shall be
[Dmaj7] How could they [C#m7]know [Dmaj7] what I let [C#m7]go?
I'd [Dmaj7]beg the bitter [C#m7]end of days to [C]swallow me [E]who[Esus4]le.
CODA:
Chords:
A x02220 Am x322xx
E 022100 F#m7 242222
[F#m]Dmaj7 [244222]xx0222 or 557675 [Bm7]C [797777]x32010
C#m7 446454 E7sus4 020200
[F#7] [242322]
[A] If I lost you [E]now, would I be [F#m]sorry?
Would I [Dmaj7]slowly [E]stumble on some[C#m7]how?
Would I [Dmaj7]hide my [E]eyes from this [C#m7]lonely [F#7]life
If I [Dmaj7]lost [Am]you [C#m7]no - [F#m7]ow - [Bm7]ow?[E]
If I [C#m7]lo - o - [F#m7]o - ost you [Bm7]now?[E]
(play: C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 E)
[A] If I lost you [C#m7]now, would [F#m7]I cry?
[Dmaj7]Oh my [C]god, would [A]I.[Am] [E7sus4] [E]
(end on A) (Try: xx 11 9 10 9)
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