#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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