Love Is Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays557

Love Is by Alannah Myles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, B, E and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verse 

G 
Hard to get 
G 
Impossible to hold 
G 
Straight as an arrow 
G 
Like a burnin' fuse 
G 
In the long cold dawn 
G 
By the side of the road 
G 
A hopeless case 
A perfect thing 


G 
Love is ... what you want it to be 
G 
Love is ... heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D    C   D 
Cause love is what I've got for you 

Bridge 
G 
Close my eyes 
G 
Search the stars 
G 
Cry for help 
G 
Wake up cold 
G 
You're in my system 
G 
Under my skin 
G 
Raw emotion 
Please don't go 

 
G 
Love is .... What you want it to be 
G 
(Love is) .... Heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D     C  B 
Cause love is what I've got for you 


Bridge:

E 
Can't live on promises 
Won't sleep with lies 
C#m 
Don't understand the things you say 
Til I read 'em in your eyes 
E 
Gotta run on instinct, gotta go by feel 
C#m 
Gotta trust my senses 
D 
To know if it's for real 

Solo: G  G  G  G  G  G  G  C D C B 


Bridge:
E 
Can't live on promises 
Won't sleep with lies 
C#m 
Don't understand the things you say 
Til I read 'em in your eyes 
E 
Gotta run on instinct, gotta go by feel 
C#m 
Gotta trust my senses 
D 
E - HEY 

 
G 
(Love is) .... What you want it to be 
G 
Love is  .... Heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D     C  B 
Cause love is what I've got for you 

Outro 
G 
Love is (Love is) 
G 
(Love is) Love is 
G 
(Show me) 
G         C D C D 
He - hey 

(fade out) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante