Queen - Can't Live With You: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Can't Live With You" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Can't Live With You Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Queen

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Can't Live With You" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Chorus:
E
I can't live with you
    A                E/B  B
But I can't live without you -
E
I can't let you stay
    A                    E/B  B
But I can't live if you go  away
D
I don't know just how it goes
A                                E
All I know is I can't live with you

F#                          E  F#
Yeah, I'm having a hard time
I'm walking a fine line
  E     F#
Between hope and despair
          A#       B  C     C#  E C#  G
You may think that I don't care
A                          G A
But I travelled a long road
                         G
To get hold of my sorrow
    A
I tried to catch a dream
     C#         D      D#  E G E A G
But nothing's what it seems
 C                      D
Love is saying,  "baby, it's all right"
      C
When deep inside
               D
You're really petrified
 C                   D
Lover turns to hater on this escalator

Chorus:
I can't live with you
Yeah, but I can't live without you
I can't breathe if you stay
But I can't bare you to go away
I don't know what time it is
All I know is I can't live with you

We're stuck in a bad place
We're trapped in a rat race
We can't escape
Maybe there's been some mistake
We're trying to make a high score
We're walking through a closed door
And nobody's winning
We're just sinning against ourselves

Hold on, baby, tell me it's all right
Anger's breaking from the hurt inside
Passions screaming hotter
Doing what we gotta do, yeah

I can't live with you
I can't live with you
I can't live, I can't live
I can't, I can't live with you
But baby, I'll never ever leave you

Chorus:
I can't live with you
But I can't live without you
'Cause I'm in love with you
Ooh, and everything about you
I can't live with you
No, I just can't live, I just can't live
I can't live with you
Yeah, and I can't live without you
Through the madness
Through the tears
We've still got each other
For a million years, yeah!

Ooh, yeah
Yeah, I can't live
Without you, yeah, yeah
I can't live without you
Yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh
I can't live without you
I can't live without you
I can't live without you
Oh, I can't live without you
Baby, baby, baby
Without you, whoa yeah
I can't live without you


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Can't Live With You" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Can't Live With You" by Queen.

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