A Thing Called Love Chords

KeyC# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays561

A Thing Called Love by Jerry Reed is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Dm, G, F, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C#
Text
16
Speed
  			*st 
 
 
 
         (C) 
Six foot six, he stood on the ground 
 
Weighed two hundred and thirty five pounds 
                (Dm)                   (G)                  (C) 
But I saw that giant of a man brought down to his knees by love. 
 
 
He was the kinda man that would gamble on luck 
look you in the eye, and never back up 
but I saw him crying like a little whipped pup, because of love. 

                       (C)                    (F) 
Can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand 
              (Em)                (Am) 
but like the wind that cover our land 
                 (F)                   (Dm)                    (G) 
strong enough to rule the heart of any man, this thing called love. 
                (C)                 (F) 
It can lift you up, it can let you down 
           (Em)                    (Am) 
take your world, and turn it all around 
            (C)                      (G)                  (C) 
Ever since time nothing's ever been found, stronger than love. 
 
 
Most me are like me, they struggle in doubt 
they trouble their mind day in and day out, 
too busy with living to worry about, a word called love. 
 
But when I see a Mother's tenderness,  
as she holds her young close to her breast 
Then I thank God that this world's been blessed, by a word called love. 
 
(TO CHORUS) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante