Perfect Love Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Perfect Love by Marc Cohn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, G, Am and C. 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
  			 
 
Intro: 
     F			    G 
E X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
B X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
G X---------0-X---------2p0-0---0-0-X-------0---- 
D X-------3---X-------3-----0---0-0-X-------0----	X2 
A X-----3-----X-----3---------------X------------ 
E X-0h1-------X-0h1---------3-3-----X-0-0-3------ 
 
Verse: 
 
      F      F    G 
E X--------------------- 
B X--------------------- 
G X---------------0----- 
D X-----3------3--0----- 
A X-----3------3-------- 
E X-0h1-1--0h1----3----- 
 
Down by the boathouse at Shaker lake, 
When there wasn't nothin' but love to make, 
 
 
E X------------------------X--------------------------- 
A X------------------------X--------------------------- 
G X------------------------X----0-----0---------------- 
D X-----3-----------3------X----0-----0---------------- 
A X-----3-----------3------X--------------------------- 
E X-0h1-1-----------1------X----3-----3---------------- 
 
There were two young lovers, wishing on the stars above         
 
           F             G 
E ---------------X--------- 
B ---------1---1-X-----1-0- 
G ---------2---2-X-----2-0- 
D ---------3---3-X---3----- 
A ---------3-3---X-3------- 
E ---------------X-------3- 
 
      F      F    G 
E X--------------------- 
B X--------------------- 
G X---------------0----- 
D X-----3------3--0----- 
A X-----3------3-------- 
E X-0h1-1--0h1----3----- 
 
Well they carved their initials in an old birch tree, 
with a heart and an arrow and a sixty three. 
 
     F                      G 
E ----------------------------- 
B ----------------------------- 
G --------------------------0-- 
D -----3--------------------0-- 
A -----3----------------------- 
E -0h1-1--------------------3-- 
 
You had to blind not to see, it was a, 
 
Chorus: 
 
     F			    G 
E X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
B X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
G X---------0-X---------2p0-0---0-0-X-------0---- 
D X-------3---X-------3-----0---0-0-X-------0---- 
A X-----3-----X-----3---------------X------------ 
E X-0h1-------X-0h1---------3-3-----X-0-0-3------ 
 
    Perfect love, 
    it was a perfect love  ooh yeah yeah. 
 
Verse: 
 
Well they worked on summer together at the '64 world's fair, 
they met Robert Kennedy there, 
well it was, right before the fall. 
 
And they saved up a little bit of money for his career, 
and they talked about the future, 
underneath the giant sphere, 
and all around them the little voices were singing, 
"It's a small world after all", 
yes it is, small world after all, and it was, 
 
perfect love 
it was a perfect love 
(James Taylor - under the moon and the stars above, 
 it was a perfect love) 
             Am            F         Am       F 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
B ------------1-----------------------1-------------- 
G ------------2-----------------------2-------------- 
D ------------2------------3----------2-------3------ 
A ----------0--------------3--------0---------3------ 
E -------------------------1------------------1------ 
 
and they were dizzy from dancing on rockaway beach,  
           G 
E ------------------- 
B -----------0---0--- 
G -----------0---0--- 
D -----------0---0--- 
A ------------------- 
E ---------3--------- 
 
they came to rockaway, 
 
             Am            F         Am       F 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
B ------------1-----------------------1-------------- 
G ------------2-----------------------2-------------- 
D ------------2------------3----------2-------3------ 
A ----------0--------------3--------0---------3------ 
E -------------------------1------------------1------ 
 
and everything they dreamed of was still within reach,   
           G 
E ------------------- 
B -----------0---0--- 
G -----------0---0--- 
D -----------0---0--- 
A ------------------- 
E ---------3--------- 
 
   dreaming, 
 
dreaming as the years roll by. 
Like they always do, 
well they had their share of hard times too. 
But whatever they were, they never let it get them down. 
 
They just go walking down the country lane, 
see the leaves achanging in the misty rain, 
 
          Am       F     C          G 
E ------------------------------------------------- 
B --------1--------1-----1----------0-------------- 
G --------2--------2-----0----------0-------------- 
D --------2--------3-----2----------0-------------- 
A --------0--------------3------------------------- 
E -----------------1----------------3-------------- 
 
    and only one thing remains the same, wooah 
 
Chorus: 
 
      F			    G 
E X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
B X-----------X---------------------X------------ 
G X---------0-X---------2p0-0---0-0-X-------0----     Repeat to fade. 
D X-------3---X-------3-----0---0-0-X-------0---- 
A X-----3-----X-----3---------------X------------ 
E X-0h1-------X-0h1---------3-3-----X-0-0-3------ 
 
       Ooh yeah yeah, 
       just a perfect love 
       ooh yeah yeah 

    	

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