What Lovers Do Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

What Lovers Do by Maroon 5 is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, B, D, Bm and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 

Am                           C 
Say say say, hey hey now baby 
Am                          C 
Oh mama, don't play now baby 
Am                           C 
Say say say, hey hey now baby 
Am                                        C 
Said let's get one thing straight now baby 

 
Am                                                      G 
Tell me, tell me if you love me or not, love me or not, love me or not? 
Am                                                          G 
I'll bet the house on you, am I lucky or not, lucky or not, lucky or not? 
Am                                                       G 
You gotta tell me if you love me or not, love me or not, love me or not? 
Am                                                      G 
Been wishin' for you, am I lucky or not, lucky or not, lucky or not? 

Hook 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 

Verse 
Am                           C 
Say say say, hey hey now baby 
Am                                                  C 
You gonna make me hit you with that lay down, baby (ohhh) 
      Am                           C 
(ooh) Say say say, hey hey now baby 
Am                                           C 
You know what I need, not the game now baby (oh ohhh) 


Am                                                      G 
Tell me, tell me if you love me or not, love me or not, love me or not? 
Am                                                          G 
I'll bet the house on you, am I lucky or not, lucky or not, lucky or not? 
Am                                                       G 
You gotta tell me if you love me or not, love me or not, love me or not? 
Am                                                      G 
Been wishin' for you, am I lucky or not, lucky or not, lucky or not? 

Hook 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 

B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 

Refrain 
           Bm              D 
(hey yeah) What lovers do (oh ohh) 
Bm              D 
What lovers do (hmm na na na, hey yeah) 
Bm              D 
What lovers do (oh,hmm na na na,oh, ohh) 

Bridge 
Am 
Aren't we too grown for games? 
Cm 
Aren't we too grown to play around? 
Am 
Young enough to chase 
Cm 
But old enough to know better 
Am 
Are we too grown for changin'? 
Cm 
Are we too grown to mess around? 
Am 
Ooh and I can't wait forever baby 
Cm 
Both of us should know better 

Hook 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 

Outro 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you (you, oh yeah) 
B 
Ooh, ooh (ooh) 
                       D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (tryna' do what lovers do,ooh) 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you (been wishin' for love) 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (do uhh,ooh) 
B 
Ooooh, oooh 
                 D 
Been wishin' for you (tryna' do) 
B 
Ooh, ooh 
                      D 
Tryna' do what lovers do (ooh) 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante