[Riff]
      Am          Am
e|----00----------00-----------|
B|----11----------11-----------|
G|----22----------22-----------|
D|----22----------22-----------|
A|--0-00--------0-00-----------|
E|--------0--3--------0--3-----|   x2
[Strophe]
Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 
  
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
      F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have run through the blinding rain 
    F 
Without one dollar to my name 
F                        E                Am (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
[Strophe]
Am 
I never would have seen the trouble that I'm in 
  
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I would have been gone like a wayward wind 
      F 
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  (Walk up to C) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
[Refrain]
C         G      Dm        Am 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    Am 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm    Am 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    Am 
Lord have mercy on my soul
[Riff]
      Am          Am
e|----00----------00-----------|
B|----11----------11-----------|
G|----22----------22-----------|
D|----22----------22-----------|
A|--0-00--------0-00-----------|
E|--------0--3--------0--3-----|   x2
[Strophe]
Am 
Never would have gone to that side of town 
  
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
Never would have took a mind to track him down 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
     F                   E               Am  (Riff) 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
[Refrain]
C         G      Dm        Am 
Four cold walls against my will 
   C       G         Dm    Am 
At least I know he's lying still 
C         G         Dm     Am 
Four cold walls without parole 
C          G    Dm    Am 
Lord have mercy on my soul
[Strophe]
Am 
I never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham 
  
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have caught the train to Louisiana 
       F 
If it hadn't been for love 
Am 
I never would have loaded up a .44 
F 
Put myself behind a jail house door 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
       F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love 
(slow) F                 E               Am 
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love