Key: Am
Introduction:
Am
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham... if it hadn' t been for love
F
Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' ... if it hadn' t been for love
Am
Never woulda run through the blindin' rain
F
without one dollar to my name
F E Am
if it hadn' t been... if it hadn' t been for love
Am
Never woulda seen the trouble that i' m in... if it hadn' t been for love
F
Woulda been gone like a wayward wind... if it hadn' t been for love
Am
Nobody knows it better than me
F
I wouldn' t be wishing I was free
F E Am
if it hadn' t been... if it hadn' t been for love
C G Dm C
Four cold walls against my will
C G Dm Am
at least I know she' s lying still
C G Dm C
Four cold walls without parole
C G Dm Am
Lord have mercy on my soul
Am
Never woulda gone to that side of town... if it hadn' t been for love
F
Never woulda took a mind to track her down... if it hadn' t been for love
Am
Never woulda loaded up a forty four
F
put myself behind a jail house door
F E Am
if it hadn' t been... if it hadn' t been for love
C G Dm C
Four cold walls against my will
C G Dm Am
at least I know she' s lying still
C G Dm C
Four cold walls without parole
C G Dm Am
Lord have mercy on my soul
Am
Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham... if it hadn' t been for love
F
Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' ... if it hadn' t been for love .
Am
Never woulda loaded up a forty four
F
put myself behind a jail house door
F E Am
if it hadn' t been... if it hadn' t been for love
if it hadn' t been... if it hadn' t been for love