The Only Love

Bee Gees

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: G Bm Em G C D G D 
 
 
G                C 
I can relate the story of my  
G 
life 
D.                G 
No brighter hope, no stronger 
 
 emotion. 
D                G 
And I believed I could die  
 
over you. 
Bm 
How you could ever 
 
break down and never see me  
Am 
through, 
 
through my darkest night. 
Bb  
And as I lie awake, 
 
one prayer within me burning. 
D# 
And there's no price on what 
                    G 
 you hold till it's gone, 
                     D 
then it keeps moving on. 
            G 
Where is my heart? 
    C              D 
You know I will be waiting to  
G    D       G 
be a part of you 
    D              G 
and never feel the pain. 
C           D         G 
How can you say to me that I 
 
 should go on living? 
C                      Am 
I left the only life I had  
D    G 
with you. 
D        G  
The only love. 
   C         D 
No use in me pretending 
      G 
to be a part of you 
    D                  G 
and never the heart of me. 
C           D         G 
How can you say to me that I  
 
should go on living? 
C                    Am 
I left the only life I had 
      D    G     Em 
with, with you. 
G    C   D 
With you. 
G              C               
So we agree to let each other 
G 
go. 
D       G 
No long goodbye. 
 
Just your way and my way. 
D               G 
And I can stand how you cried 
 
 to be free. 
Bm 
High as the wind blows, 
 
but not enough to bring you 
 Am 
 home to me. 
 
And only lonely knows. 
Bb  
You see my open arms. 
 
You know my flame is burning. 
D# 
But I'm too blind to see the  
        G 
end has begun. 
             D 
And it keeps moving on. 
         G 
The only love. 
   C         D 
No use in me pretending 
   G    D       G 
to be a part of you 
    D             G 
and you the heart of me. 
C           D               
How can you say to me that I 
 G 
 should go on living? 
C                      Am 
I left the only life I had 
D 
with you. 
         G 
The only love. 
   C         D 
No use in me pretending 
   G    D       G 
to be a part of you 
D                    G 
and you the heart of me. 
C           D 
How can you say to me that I 
 G 
 should go on living? 
C                      Am 
I left the only life I had 
D    G 
with you. 
  
The only love. 
D                      Em 
One love that will not die. 
C                       D 
You may be sorry that I built  
 
my world around you. 
G 
The only love 
   Am           G 
is only you and I. 
C                        D 
There will be others who would 
 
 leave you as I found you. 
G  
The only love. 
Em       Am        Em  G 
One love that will not die....

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Chord set

G · Bm · Em · C · D · Am · Bb · D#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.