I Want to Know You Before We Make Love Chords
by Alabama
I Want to Know You Before We Make Love by Alabama is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B/E, Amaj7, A/B, A, C#m, E/B, F#7, E/G#, F#m, B, G#m and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: E B/E Amaj7 A/B E B/E Amaj7 A/B
VERSE:
E
Sometimes all you need
Amaj7
Is someone to hold you
E A
Sometimes that's all you're looking for
C#m E/B
But I'd like to take the time
F#7
To get to know you
A E/G#
'Cause I don't want this time to be
F#m B
Like all the times before
CHORUS:
E
I want to know you
A
Before I make love to you
E
I want to show you
E/G# A B
All of my heart
G#m C#m
And when I look into your eyes
G#m C#m B A
I want to feel the love inside----------------
E
I want to know you
A/B E B/E Amaj7 A/B
....before we make love
VERSE:
E
I've learned from all those
Amaj7
Lonely nights with strangers
E
It takes time for real love
A
To be found
C#m E/B
I feel the invitation
F#7
of your body
A E/G#
But I'd like to look inside your soul
F#m B
Before I lay you down
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
A B
If we take it slow
G#m C#m
together, together
A E/G#
We might make it last
F#m B
forever
REPEAT CHORUS
E B/E A A/B
E B/E
I want to know you......
A/B n.c.
.......Before we make......before we make.....
E B/E Amaj7 Am E
love--------------------
Note:
For the chord, B/E, I would play it this way:
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