A Thing Called Love Chords
by Johnny Cash
A Thing Called Love by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. 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.
C
Six foot six, he stood on the ground
C
He 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
C
He was the kind of a man that would gamble on luck
C
Look you in the eye and never back up
Dm G C
But I saw him crying like a little whipped pup because of love
C F
You can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand
Em Am
But like the wind that covers 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, never let you down
Em Am
Take your world and turn it all around
C G C
Ever since time nothing's ever been found that's stronger than love
Most men 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 chest
Then I thank God that this world's been blessed by a thing called love
Chorus