If I Cant Have You Chords & Lyrics - Meat Loaf

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO]
[C]

(# Spoken #)
To say it's love would be too simple, too obvious
It's more like a calling, a vocation
Something I was put on this earth to do
Now I'm shooting with the stars and I'm flying with the angels
And my heartbeat is a [G]symphony, the closer I get to [C]you


I never saw you [F]coming, 'til you came and here you [C]are
I never thought some[F]one would ever dare to come this [C]far
You're up for the re[F]sistance and I'm strong in my per[G]sistence

And I've never known a remedy like ours

[CHORUS]
If I [C]can't [G]have [F]you, if I [C]can't [G]have [F]you
[Am]I would be a river, [Em]dried up into dust
[F]I would be imprisoned for [G]never having loved
If I [F]can't [C]have [G]you,[C] I don't [G]wanna be [C]me

Then I would be the same man you [F]scraped off the [C]ground
I'd have to go back [F]being, that broken soul you [C]found
Those days are in the [F]darkness, I [C]buried them with [G]hardness

And I'd have to dig those demons out

Your [C]life is like an anchor that [F]puts me in my [C]place
No, you won't let me sink, when I'm [F]off losing my [C]way
Thank God for your virtue and the [F]wisdom in your [C]eye
'Cause [G]somehow you get through, on all that crazy in my mind

[CHORUS]
If I [C]can't [G]have [F]you, if I [C]can't [G]have [F]you
[Am]I would be a river, [Em]dried up into dust
[F]I would be imprisoned for [G]never having loved
If I [F]can't [C]have [G]you,[C] I don't [G]wanna be [F]me [C] [G]

I don't wanna be...

[Dm]Why did it [F]take you so [C]long to f[G]inally see
That [Dm]we had a [F]love that you [C]don't find easi[G]ly?
[Dm]You broke my [F]heart and the [Am]price to pay for [G]that
Is you'll [Dm]have to live the [F]misery of [Am]losing what you [G]had__[F]___[C]__ [G]
If I [F]can't [C]have [G]you_[C]___[G]_ [F]

INSTRUMENTAL: [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [F] [D]

Me, my [Bm]words have [G]come too [D]late
I've a[Bm]lready [G]turned that [D]page
Don't you [G]look at me that way
'Cause you'll [Esus4]throw me back
And that's the part I [D]hate
I'll stay [Bm]trapped in[G]side my [D]hell
Where it's so [Bm]hot that my [G]walls [D]melt
I can [Bm]hear a promise in [A]every lie
You said you'd never [D]tell

If I had [Bm]only [G]told the [D]truth
Oh, I could [Bm]never [G]trust you [D]to

You'll sur[A]vive
No, I will [A]die_[G]____[C] [G]
If I [D]can't [A]have [G]you, if I [D]can't [A]have [G]you
Then I'm [D]sorry for the things I [A]cost you in the end
My [G]punishment is more than [A]any man can stand
I need you in my [D]life[A] [G]
I can't let [D]go [A] [G]
Why don't you stay with me, to[D]night? [A] [G]
I [G]feel a[D]lone [A] [G]
Turn off all the [D]lights [A] [G]
[G]Take me [D]home [A] [G]

[CHORUS]
If I [D]can't [A]have [G]you, if I [D]can't [A]have [G]you
Then [Bm]I would be a river, [F#m]dried up into dust
[G]I would be imprisoned for [A]never having loved
If I [D]can't [A]have [G]you, I don't wanna be [D]me_[A]___[G]_

OUTRO: (# Spoken #)
To [G]say it's love[D] would be too[G] simple [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]