Love Is The Tender Trap Chords
Love Is The Tender Trap by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords B7, E6, Fdim, F#m7, E7/9, A, Am7, C#7, F#7, Cdim, E, E7, Am7/13 and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: B7 E6 Fdim F#m7 B7
B7 E6 Fdim
Ya see a pair of laughing eyes
F#m7 B7
And suddenly you're sighing sighs
E7/9
You're thinkin' nothin's wrong
A Am7 C#7 F#7
You string along, boy, then snap
Fdim A C#7 Am7
Those eyes, those sighs
Fdim A Am7 Cdim E
They're part of the tender trap
B7 E6 Fdim
You're hand in hand beneath the trees,
F#m7 B7
And soon there's music in the breeze
E7/9
You're actin' kind of smug
A Am7 C#7 F#7
Until your heart just goes WHAP
Fdim A C#7 Am7
Those trees, that breeze
Fdim A Am7 B7 Cdim E
They're part of the tener trap
Bridge
E E7 A Am7/13 Cdim C#m
Some starry night, when her kisses make you tingle,
C#7 A Am7/13 Cdim C#7 F#7 Cdim B7
She'll hold you tight and you'll hate yourself for being single
B7 E6 Fdim
And all at once it seems so nice
F#m7 B7
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice.
E7/9 A Am7 C#7 F#7
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
Fdim A C#7 Am7
You wonder how, but it's too late now
Fdim A Am7 B7 Cdim B7 E
You fell in love and love is the tener trap