If I Needed You Tab

"If I Needed You" by Townes Van Zandt off the album "The Late Great Townes Van Zandt"
 
I transcribed this song at 76 bpm, so the notes played are 16th notes. Each verse consists
of the same four and a half bars repeated twice with a slight variation in the C and D
parts. The bridge and outro are essentially the same as the verses.
 
(Capo 4th fret)
 
 
[Intro]
   G
e|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----0---|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1---3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|-0-------|----------------0-------0----------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|---------|------0-------0-------0--------0---|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|---------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3-------|-3--------3-------3-------3--------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|
 
   G               C                  D                G
e|-----------0-------0--------------|------------0---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3-------1---------1-p0---1-|-0-h1---------0-------------0-----|---0-------0-----|
G|---------------------0--------0---|------------------------0-------0-|-------0---------|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0--------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-----------------3----------------|----------0-----------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
   G
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1--3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|----------------0-------0---------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|------0-------0-------0--------0--|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3--------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|
 
   G               C                  D                G
e|-----------0-------0--------------|------------0---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3-------1---------1-p0---1-|-0-h1---------0-------------0-----|---0-------0-----|
G|---------------------0--------0---|------------------------0-------0-|-------0---------|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0--------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-----------------3----------------|----------0-----------------------|-----------------|
E|-3-------3------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
 
   G
e|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-0-h1-------0-------0-----0-h1--3-|---------0-h1---0---------0-h1-----|
G|----------------0-------0---------|-------0------------0--------------|
D|------0-------0-------0--------0--|-----0--------0-------0--------0---|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-3--------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3--------3-------3--------|
 
   G               C                  D               G
e|-------0-----------0--------------|-----------0---------------------|-----------------||
B|-3---------3---1---------1-p0---0-|-------3-------0-----------0-----|---0-------0-----||
G|---------------------0--------0---|-----2-------0---------0-------0-|-------0---------o|
D|-----0-------0-----------0-h2-----|-0-------------------0-------0---|-----0-------0---o|
A|-----------------3----------------|---------0-----------------------|-----------------||
E|-3-------3------------------------|-----------------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||
 
 
Lyrics:
 
G
Well, if I needed you
 
Would you come to me
                   C
Would you come to me
     D        G
And ease my pain?
        G
If you needed me
 
I would come to you
                  C
I would swim the seas
        D         G
For to ease your pain
 
[Verse 2]
 
Well, in the night forlorn
Oh, the morning's born
And the morning shines
With the lights of love
 
And you will miss sunrise
If you close your eyes
And that would break
My heart in two
 
[Bridge]
 
[Verse 3]
 
The lady's with me now
Since I showed her how
To lay her lily
Hand in mine
 
Loop and Lil agree
She's a sight to see
A treasure for
The poor to find
 
[Repeat verse 1]
 
Well, if I needed you
Would you come to me
Would you come to me
And ease my pain?
 
If you needed me
I would come to you
I would swim the seas
For to ease your pain
 
[Outro]
 
 
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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
 
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