Meat Loaf - If I Can't Have You 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 G C And my heartbeat is a symphony, the closer I get to you F C I never saw you coming, 'til you came and here you are F C I never thought someone would ever dare to come this far F G You're up for the resistance and I'm strong in my persistence And I've never known a remedy like ours CHORUS: C G F C G F If I can't have you, if I can't have you Am Em I would be a river, dried up into dust F G I would be imprisoned for never having loved F C G C G C If I can't have you, I don't wanna be me F C Then I would be the same man you scraped off the ground F C I'd have to go back being, that broken soul you found F C G Those days are in the darkness, I buried them with hardness And I'd have to dig those demons out C F C Your life is like an anchor that puts me in my place F C No, you won't let me sink, when I'm off losing my way F C Thank God for your virtue and the wisdom in your eye G 'Cause somehow you get through, on all that crazy in my mind CHORUS: C G F C G F If I can't have you, if I can't have you Am Em I would be a river, dried up into dust F G I would be imprisoned for never having loved F C G C G F C G If I can't have you, I don't wanna be me I don't wanna be... Dm F C G Why did it take you so long to finally see Dm F C G That we had a love that you don't find easily? Dm F Am G You broke my heart and the price to pay for that Dm F Am G F C G Is you'll have to live the misery of losing what you had_______ F C G C G F If I can't have you_____ INSTRUMENTAL: C G F C G F C G F D Bm G D Me, my words have come too late Bm G D I've already turned that page G Don't you look at me that way Esus4 'Cause you'll throw me back D And that's the part I hate Bm G D I'll stay trapped inside my hell Bm G D Where it's so hot that my walls melt Bm A I can hear a promise in every lie D You said you'd never tell Bm G D If I had only told the truth Bm G D Oh, I could never trust you to A You'll survive A G C G No, I will die_____ D A G D A G If I can't have you, if I can't have you D A Then I'm sorry for the things I cost you in the end G A My punishment is more than any man can stand D A G I need you in my life D A G I can't let go D A G Why don't you stay with me, tonight? G D A G I feel alone D A G Turn off all the lights G D A G Take me home CHORUS: D A G D A G If I can't have you, if I can't have you Bm F#m Then I would be a river, dried up into dust G A I would be imprisoned for never having loved D A G D A G If I can't have you, I don't wanna be me_____ OUTRO: (# Spoken #) G D G D G D G D To say it's love would be too simple