Love Song Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 3rd fret |
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[Verse 1]
Em G
head under water
Bm
and they tell me
D
to breathe easy for a while
Em G
breathing gets harder
Bm D
even I know that
Em G
made room for me
Bm
it's too soon to see
D
if I'm happy in your hands
Em G Bm D
unusually hard to hold on to
[Pre-chorus 1]
Em D/F#
blank stares at blank pages
G A
no easy way to say this
Em D/F# G
you mean well, but you make this hard on me
[Chorus]
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A
'cause you asked for it
D G
'cause you need one, you see
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A
'cause you tell me it's
D
make or break in this
G
if you're on your way
Em D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Bm E
if all you have is leavin' Im'a need a better reason
G A Em G Bm D
to write you a love song today
[Verse 2]
Em G
I learned the hard way
Bm
that they all say
D
things you wanna hear
Em G
my heavy heart
Bm D
sinks deep down under you
Em G
and your twisted words
Bm
your help just hurts
D Em
you were not what I thought you were
G Bm D
hello to high and dry
[Pre-chorus 2]
Em D/F#
convinced me to please you
G A
made me think that I need this too
Em D/F# G
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
[Chorus]
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A
'cause you asked for it
D G
'cause you need one, you see
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A
'cause you tell me it's
D
make or break in this
G
if you're on your way
Em D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
Bm E
if all you have is leavin' Im'a need a better reason
G A
to write you a love song today
[Bridge]
Bm F#m G
promise me
D A
you'll leave the light on
Bm F#m G
to help me see
D A
daylight, my guide, gone
Bm F# G
'cause I believe there's a way
A
you can love me because I say
[Chorus]
Em
I won't write you a love song
A
'cause you asked for it
D G
'cause you need one you see
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A D
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
G Em
is that why you wanted a love song
A
'cause you asked for it
D G
'cause you need one you see
Em
I'm not gonna write you a love song
A D
'cause you tell me it's make or break in this
G
if you're on your way
Em D
I'm not gonna write you to stay
G
if your heart is nowhere in it
A
I don't want it for a minute
Bm
babe I'll walk the seven seas
E
when I believe that there's a reason
G A Em G Bm D
to write you a love song today, today
Em G Bm D
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the Em with capo on third makes it a Gm
+41

nice job, these sound better than the other ones!
+10

This is not so much a correction as it is a suggestion. When I first tried these chords with the song, they sounded mostly right but something was missing. Soooo, What I did was throw in some notes between the chords and it sounds much better.
-------------------4-4-4---2-2-2-------------------------------------
-------------------3-3-3---3-3-3-------------------------------------
-------------------4-4-4---2-2-2-------------------------------------
--2-2-2-2----------4-4-4---------------------------------------------
--2-2-2----2-2-2-1-2-2-2-4-------------------------------------------
--------2--3-3-3-----------------2-----------------------------------
For those who do not read tabs, its just adding a F#(2E) note right before the G chord, a Bb(1A) note before the Bm chord, a C#(4A) note before the D chord and an F# note to start it all over again and repeat for all the verses.
She does the same thing for the chorus with different notes but I was too lazy to figure it out.
+3
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