Why When Love Is Gone Chords
Why When Love Is Gone by The Isley Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bbm with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Bbm, Am, C, Em, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
fret, song in Bbm, for "the isley brothers",
No capo, song in Am, for "the revelations".
Intro and Chorus guitar line, standard tuning :
C Em Am F
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1.
C Am
Your love made a slave of me
Em Am
but the love you gave, you took away from me.
C Am
Foolishly, I believed in you.
Em Am
What a fool I was, thinking love was true.
F Am
Selfishly you broke my heart.
G Am
You really had me fooling from the start.
F Am
Still I have just one regret :
G Am
although you're gone, I can't forget.
C Em
Why when the love is gone,
Am F
why does my heart keep holding on ?
C Em
Oh why when the love is gone,
Am F
Tell me why does my heart keep holding on ?
2.
C Am
Your love was sweet when it started
Em Am
but now I find it leaves me broken hearted.
C Am
Why do you swear to always care
Em Am
then walk away and leave me in despair ?
F
Selfishly ...