IF NOT FOR YOU
(Jerry Chesnut)

George Jones - 1969
Jack Greene - 1969
Kitty Wells - 1969



If anything I am or hope to be
If any compliments are paid to me
If any praises I receive for anything that I achieve
I'll know they rightfully belong to you

For when I wondered you convinced me that I could
Knowing you depended on me proved I should
And in your mind you never doubted that I would
But what would I do (What would I do) if not for you

I see admiration in your eyes
And I believe you think I hung the moon
And if I fail like other men or find the will and try again
But anything I am begins with you

For when I wondered you convinced me that I could
Knowing you depended on me proved I should
And in your mind you never doubted that I would
Oh, what would I do (What would I do) if not for you
What would I do (What would I do) if not for you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2012)