The Book Of Love Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

The Book Of Love by Magnetic Fields is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			G          C          D/F#     G 
  The book of love is long and boring 
G        C             D/F#      G     
  No one can lift the damn thing  
G           C             D/F#      G 
  It's full of charts and facts and figures 
G       C              D/F#   G 
  And instructions for dancing but 

G C D/F# G 
I... 
G       C           D/F#    G 
  I love it when you read to me and 
G C D/F# G 
You... 
G         C       D/F# G 
  You can read me anything 


(Continue this pattern for the rest of the song) 


The book of love has music in it 
In fact that's where music comes from 
Some of it is just transcendental 
Some of it is just really dumb but 

I... 
I love it when you sing to me and 
You... 
You can sing me anything 

The book of love is long and boring 
And written very long ago 
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes 
And things we're all too young to know but 

I... 
I love it when you give me things and 
You... 
You ought to give me wedding rings 
I... 
I love it when you give me things and 
You... 
You ought to give me wedding rings 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante