If I Needed You  
Townes Van Zandt (1972)



    Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - d u T4 - d u |
      1    2 & 3    4 &


Intro
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]

| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]

If I [C] needed | you
Would you [C] come to | me
Would you [C] come to [F] me
For to [G] ease my [C] pain  [C]  

If you [C] needed | me
I would [C] come to | you
I would [C] swim the [F] seas
For to [G] ease your [C] pain  [C]  

Well the [C] night's fore- | lorn
And the [C] morning's | born
And the [C] morning [F] shines
With the [G] lights of [C] love   [C]  

And you will [C] miss sunrise | [C]    
If you [C] close your | eyes
And [C] that would [F] break
My [G] heart in [C] two  [C]  

Instrumental
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]  

| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]

Baby's [C] with me | now
Since I [C] showed her | how
To [C] lay her [F] lilly
[G] Hand in [C] mine  [C]  

Who would [C] ill a- | gree
She's a [C] sight to | see
A [C] treasure [F] for
The [G] poor to [C] find   [C]  

If I [C] needed | you
Would you [C] come to | me
Would you [C] come to [F] me
For to [G] ease my [C] pain  [C]  

If you [C] needed | me
I would [C] come to | you
I would [C] swim the [F] seas
For to [G] ease your [C] pain   [C]  

Instrumental
| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]

| [C] | [C] | [C] | [C] |   
| [C] | [F] | [G] | [C] | [C]

#Original in key of B (1 semitone lower than this chart).

#This next version is in the key of C.

#Last Updated 6/25/18 JJ
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