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If I'd Loved You Then
by Jerry Jeff Walker

D                         G       A
Well, I'm not the kind of man who sits and complains
     G               Em                       A
I've always been the kind of man who likes to take a chance
       D                    G               A
I have lived my life to the fullest, I have no regrets
    G                  A                 D
And most of the time I feel I've had the best of it


Chorus:
    G                A           D           Bm
But life's a one way street, you walk along, before too long
    G                      A                D
You look back and see what you believe just might be wrong
    G             A      D                           B#m
And every now and then I think about what might have been
  G                    A                      D
I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then

Instrumental: G A D Bm G A D


I would never take back my wild oats for anything
But I was ready the day we exchanged our wedding rings
I had done all I could do alone, oh, I needed you
And I've found out true love brings out the best in you


Chorus:
    G                A           D           Bm
And life's a one way street, you walk along, before too long
    G                      A                D
You look back and see what you believe just might be wrong
    G             A      D                           B#m
And every now and then I think about what might have been
  G                    A                      D
I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then
B#m
Loved you then
     G                    A                      B
Oh I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then

[Key change from D to E]

    E           A                  B
And every day I think it can't get better than this
    A              F#m            B
But love is always changing as we learn to give
  E                  A                       B
I love you more than ever before and it just dawned on me
    A                     B                  E
The longer I love you the more that you will mean to me


Chorus:
       A                B           E           C#m
`Cause life's a one way street, you walk along, before too long
    A                      B                E
You look back and see what you believe just might be wrong
    A             B      E                           C#m
And every now and then I think about what might have been
  A                    B                      E
I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then
C#m
Loved you then
     A                    B                      E
Oh I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then
C#m
Loved you then
     G                    A                      E
Oh I wonder how good life would have been if I'd loved you then

Ending chords:
A B E C#m A B E


Tabbed by Bob Roddis