If You Needed Somebody chords by Bad Company (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

G
Csus2
A7sus4
Dsus4
G/B
D
Am
C
F
Em
A
E
Bm

Intro 1

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

Verse 1
G 
Csus2 
Should   have told you
A7sus4 
Dsus4 
by now
G 
Csus2 
A7sus4 
Dsus4 
But      I can't find the words, oh no
G 
Csus2 
If I        could show you
A7sus4 
Dsus4 
somehow
G 
Csus2 
A7sus4 
Dsus4 
But      I don't have the nerve, oh yeah

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Pre-chorus 1

Csus2

G/B

You don't see me looking at you

A7sus4

How can love be so blind

Csus2

G/B

Somehow you don't notice me

Csus2

Dsus4

Sooner or later there will come a time, baby

Chorus 1

If you needed somebody,

G/B

the way that I need you yeah

If you wanted somebody,

G/B

the way that I want you, yeah

Interlude 1

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

Oh yeah the way

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

that I want you

Verse 2

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

If I could hold you tonight

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

It would last me forever

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

But the time's never right

Csus2

A7sus4

Dsus4

When will we be together

Pre-chorus 2
Csus2 
G/B 
If I could make you understand
A7sus4 
G 
What you're doing to me
Csus2 
G/B 
Maybe there will come  a time
Csus2 
When sooner   or later,
Dsus4 
D 
yeah, I will make you see, baby

Chorus 2

If you needed somebody,

G/B

the way that I need you, baby tonight

If you wanted somebody,

G/B

the way that I want you

Bridge 1

Ooh, if I could tell you now

The way you make me feel

Ooh, if I could show you somehow

Don't you know my lovin' is loved so real

Solo 1

Chorus 3

If you needed somebody,

G/B

the way that I need you, baby tonight

If you wanted somebody,

G/B

the way that I want you, yeah

Chorus 4
G 
I need you, (If you...)
D 
I want you, I gotta tell you,
Am 
G/B 
C 
D 
the way that  I need you
G 
D 
If you wanted somebody,
Am 
G/B 
C 
D 
the way that  I want you
[Repeat and fade]

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GuitarPianoUkulele

G
Csus2
A7sus4
Dsus4
G/B
D
Am
C
F
Em
A
E
Bm

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: IntermediateKey: G majorBPM: 84

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Csus2: x-3-0-0-1-x
A7sus4: x-0-2-0-3-0
Dsus4: x-x-0-2-3-3
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
Bm: x-2-4-4-3-x

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of If You Needed Somebody by Bad Company, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Bad Company's performance.