Love Song Chords

by Sara Bareilles
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
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7 contributors total, last edit on Oct 24, 2024
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Chords

Em
G
Bm
D
D/F#
A
E
F#m
F#

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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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Love Song – Sara Bareilles
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30 comments
Jimmie89
the Em with capo on third makes it a Gm
+41
cholewicki
nice job, these sound better than the other ones!
+10
mvmccreary
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