What Is This Thing Called Love Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays446

What Is This Thing Called Love by Helen Merrill is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords Bm5-/7, A7, Gdim, Dm, Fdim, E7, A, Am, D7, Am7, G, F, Dm7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Bm5-/7 A7            Gdim   Dm  
What  is this thing called love  
     Fdim   E7    Bm5-/7  A  
This funny thing called love   
   A7            Gdim Dm  
Just who can solve its mystery  
Fdim  E7            Bm5-/7    A  
Why should it make a fool of me  
Am D7               Am7   D7   G  
I saw you there one wonderful day  
     F                 Dm7      E  
You took my heart and threw it away  
 E7           A          Gdim A7  Dm  
That's why I ask the Lawd up  in Heaven above  
    Fdim E7   Bm5-/7         A  
What is this thing called love 
    	

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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Metronome

100 BPM Andante