Only Love Can Break Your Heart Chords
by Neil Young
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, F, G7, Cmaj7, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
G C F G G7 C F G
G C F G
When you were young and on your own
G7 C F G G7
How did it feel to be alone
Cmaj7 F
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
Cmaj7 F
Trying to make the best of my time
Chorus:
G7 F Em
But only love can break your heart
Dm G
Try to be sure right from the start
G7 F Em
Yes only love can break your heart
Dm G
What if your world should fall apart
G C F G G7 C F G
I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream
Someone should call him and see if he can come out
Try to lose the down that he's found
Chorus
G C F G G7 C F G
G7 C F G
I have a friend I've never seen
G7 C F G
He hides his head inside a dream
G7 C F G
Yes, only love can break your heart (x4 to fade)