Careless Reckless Love Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Careless Reckless Love by Jay Farrar is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, G, C, Em 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
Speed
  			
CAPO II 

***The F in this song is a bar chord, by the way (1-1-2-3-1-1) 


Intro: G 

I was G good to you 
Loving all C the time 
I was G good to you 
Loving all Em the time 
I was G good to you 
Loved you all my F good time C 
Still you G never D would be G mine 

G You took away 
My silver and C gold 
You took aGway 
My silver and Em gold 
You took aGway 
My silver F and my gold C 
But you G sure can?t D take away my G soul 

G This love, careless reckless C love 
G It?s love, careless reckless Em love 
It?s G love, careless reckless F love C 
And there?s G nothing D in this world that it G won?t do 

G C G Em G F C G D G 

My heart is G sad 
With a muddy old C mind 
My heart is G sad 
With a muddy old Em mind 
My heart is G muddy, got trouble rising F high C 
The one I G love D just won?t be G mine 

I stand here aGlone in my backCdoor 
I stand aGlone in my backEmdoor 
I stand aGlone at my backFdoor C 
At that?s G something D I never did G before 

G This love, careless reckless C love 
G It?s love, careless reckless Em love 
It?s G love, careless reckless F love C 
And there?s G nothing D in this world that it G won?t do 

...Repeat chorus chords to close... 
    	

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