Portrait of my love Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

Portrait of my love by Nat King Cole is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm7, G7, Am, Fm, C/B, Am7, F, C7, Gdim, A7, Dm, Cdim, B7, Em, Em7 and G. 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
  			C           Dm7   G7 
There could never be  
 
   Am             Fm 
A portrait of my love 
 
    C   C/B      Am7  Dm7  G7   C  Am7  Dm7   G7 
For nobody could paint a dream. 
 
 
C        Dm7    G7 
You will never see 
 
  Am              Fm 
A portrait of my love 
 
     C    Am     Dm7   G7  C     F   C   C7 
For miracles are nev - er seen. 
 
 
(Bridge:) 
 
Gdim A7      Dm        Dm+7 
Any one who sees her 
 
Cdim    B7       Em Em7 Dm7 G 
Soon forgets the Mo-na  Li-sa. 
 
 
C        Dm7      G7 
It would take, I know, 
 
   Am       Fm 
A Michelangelo, 
 
     C        Am      Dm       G 
And he would need the glow of dawn 
 
      Em        Em7   Am   Am+7 
That paints the sky above 
 
    Dm7    Em     Em7      Dm7 G7   C 
To try and paint a portrait of my love. 
  
 
    
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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