I'm A Lover Not A Fighter Chords

KeyE Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays684

I'm A Lover Not A Fighter by The Kinks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords E, E7, A, D, D7, A7 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			

Intro 
  E 
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 
A|-----------2--4--2-----------2--4--2--|-----------2--4--2-----------2--4--2--| 
E|--0--3--4-----------0--3--4-----------|--0--3--4-----------0--3--4-----------| 

Verso 1: 
E 
Well I met a pretty girl, as pretty as can be 
E                            E                    E7 
I thought she was my baby till she introduced to me 
A 
A great big tall fella, about six foot tall 
D       NC                             D7 
I shivered and I shook, couldn't do any more 

 
A7 
'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter 
E 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
             B7 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
A7 
And I'm really built for speed 
E 
Built for speed 

Verso 2:
E 
Well, some people think I'm lazy 
E 
but there's one thing they don't know 
E         NC                        E7 
'Cause when I'm in the mood I can go caddy go 

 
A7 
'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter 
E 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
           B7 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
A7 
And I'm really built for speed 
E 
Built for speed 
E 
Built for speed 
E 
Whoa yeah 

Instumental 
 NC 
(16 bars) 

Verso 3: 
E 
Well I can roar like a lion, 
E 
 I can sting like a bee 
E 
But some times I think, baby, 
E   NC            E7 
I've got rabbit blood in me 


A7 
'Cause I'm a lover not a fighter 
E 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
            B7 
Yes, I'm a lover not a fighter 
A7 
And I'm really built for speed 
E 
Built for speed 
E 
Built for speed 

Outro 
E 
Built for speed 
E 
Whoa yeah 

    B7                           A 
e|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
B|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
G|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
D|--4--4--6--6-|-4--4--6--6--|-2--2--4--4-|-2--2--4--4-| 
A|--2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0-| 
E|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 

   E 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
A|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--| 
E|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--| 

  B7                           A 
e|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
B|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
G|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 
D|--4--4--6--6-|-4--4--6--6--|-2--2--4--4-|-2--2--4--4-| 
A|--2--2--2--2-|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0-| 
E|-------------|-------------|------------|------------| 

   E 
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------| 
A|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--|--2--2—-4--4--| 
E|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--| 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante