I Took My Strength from You (I Had None) (Bacharach/David)

As recorded by Stephanie Mills on the album "For the First Time"


[1 1/2 beat + full bar intro - no chord]

D(add9)                      Gmaj9
Knowing the way the wind was gonna blow
D(add9)                      Gmaj9
That was the way that I’d be going
Gmaj9   Bmaj7
Too a - fraid to stand alone
Em7
Too unsure to ever make my mind up
Em7                               G/A
Following the crowd was where I’d wind up

Just like the tide keeps changing with the moon
Day after day I changed direction
Trying hard to find myself
Wond’ring where my hopes and dreams had gone to
There I was with nothing to hold on to

Chorus:

Bb/C
Oh but
F      Em7-5                 Dm7
Then I took my strength from you
Cm7 Cm7/F Bmaj7 Am7   Dm(add9) Dm   Bb/C
I   had   none, I had none
    F      Em7-5	      Dm7
And then I took my faith from you
Cm7 Cm7/F Bmaj7 Am7   Dm(add9)
I   had   none, I had none
Bbmaj7
Until I met you
Bbmaj7                          D
Just when I needed your love, I met you

(instrumental)
Gmaj9  Bmaj7
Trying hard to find myself
Em7
Wond’ring where my hopes and dreams had gone to
Em7				 G/A
There I was with nothing to hold on to

Chorus

(instrumental – same as verse, fade out)