Only Love Would Know Chords

KeyF Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

Only Love Would Know by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords F, G, C, Dm, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
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Intro: F  G  C 

verse 1: 
                  G                  F 
Does the light of passion still burn bright  
                G            C 
Only love would know my imagination  
Dm             C             G               C 
Tells me I'm a pent-up fool, in the deep end of the pool 
                G                 Am 
Is the light of passion burning tonight  
F               G     F               C 
Only love would know, only love would know  
Dm               C               D                C 
She lives on the other side, you want to know the reason why  
Dm             C            D              C 
She arrives at promises and you believe in what she says  
F              G  C     F   G   C 
Everywhere you go__ 


verse 2: 
                G               F 
Is the light of passion burning bright  
               G                   C 
Everywhere you go, only love would know  
    F                 Am 
You think you've been wronged again  
    G             C 
Oh, what a way to treat a friend 
Dm             F              G               C         F 
She belongs to other eyes and surely you must realise  
              C              G          C      F 
She ain't the kind who would soon step aside  
                      G            C      F 
Pay any dues at the expense of her pride  
               G      
Everywhere she goes 
F               C 
Only love would know 


verse 3: 
                 G              F 
In the days gone by I came to believe 
              G                      C 
Everything is trust, all the rest is dust  
Dm             C            G                 C 
Mother nature, mother dear, listen to us over here  
                  G                Am 
Are the sounds of laughter ringing true  
F               G     F               C 
Only love would know, only love would do  
Dm            F              G            C 
She lives on another plane, away from the driving rain 
F            C                G                    C 
She says no, you say yes, and that's how it should be I guess  
F               G  C     F   G   C 
Only love would know 


verse 4: 
                 G                   F 
May the light of love surround you tonight  
               G                   C 
Everywhere you go, only love would know  
F                    Am 
You thought you were wrong until  
    G                    C 
You learned once and for all it's still  
Dm              F              G               C               F 
One more lesson on the way, or that is what it seemed to say  
              C              G         C      F 
She's not the kind who would soon step down  
                       G            C      F 
Not the kind you would try to walk around  
            G                     C  
When only a thought would go very well  
        F           G      
You can tell by the touch  
        F               C 
Ah, but only love would know 


OUTRO: 
F       C       F 
Passion burning bright  
C        F       Am      C 
Tears of passion late at night  
                F       Dm      C 
Is the light of passion burning bright  
F              G   F               C 
Everywhere you go, only love would know 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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100 BPM Andante