The Love That We Need Chords
by Hayes Carll
The Love That We Need by Hayes Carll is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, Gsus4 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F C F C
F C G Gsus4
verse 1:
F C F C
You say “I love you”
F C F C
I say me too
F C
We don’t think much about it
G Gsus4
It’s just a thing that we do
F C F C
We go out walking
F C F C
But we don’t talk much
F C
We lie down together
G Gsus4
But our hearts never touch
F C
Ahh baby it’s a hard way
G Am
An eternity
F C
We got the life that we wanted
G C
But not the love that we need
F C F C F C G Gsus4
verse 2
F C F C
We never go to bed angry
F C F C
Cause we never fight
F C
We never go crazy
G Gsus4
In the middle of the night
F C F C
We could stay here forever
F C F C
Just holding on
F C
We have both had our reasons
G Gsus4
But our reasons are gone
F C
Ahh baby it’s a hard way
G Am
An eternity
F C
We got the life that we wanted
G C
But not the love that we need
Solo:
F C F C F C G Gsus4 x2
verse 3
F C F C
In our hearts we knew better
F C F C
But I couldn’t let go
F C
So it’s time to quit hiding
G Gsus4
What we’ve always known
F C F C
That something was missing
F C F C
But we were too scared to look
F C
Too busy telling our story
G Gsus4
Stead of writing the book
F C
Ahh baby it’s a hard way
G Am
An eternity
F C
We got the life that we wanted
G C
But not the love that we need
Outro:
F C
Ahh baby it’s a hard way
G Am
An eternity
F C
We got the life that we wanted
G C
But not the love that we need