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Love Is Surrender

Carpenters

RockMedium for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon
C×○○
E○○○
G7○○○
D××○
G○○○
Fm7Diagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
Em7○○○○○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
C7×○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C7M  B  C/E F7M  G7/9 (2X)  
 
C7M 
Talk about love 
 
How it makes life complete 
         D 
You can talk all you want 
 
Make it sound good and sweet 
       D        G 
But the words have an empty ring 
         D        G 
And they don't really mean a thing 
        Fm7         B     E 
Without love you are not to be found 
     G7       C 
You are not to be found 
 
    Am7         Em7  
For love is surrender 
F7M        G7/9            C   Gm7 C7 
You must surrender if you care 
F7M         G7/9       C 
You must surrender if you dare 
 
Intro: C7M  B  C/E F7M  G7/9 (2X) 
  
C7M 
Shout about love 
 
Then the wars will all end 
         D 
You can shout "we're all brothers", 
 
And even pretend 
        D        G 
But you can't cover up the past 
     D           G 
Just pretending will never last 
     Fm7         B      E 
Without love you are nothing at all 
    G7       C 
You are nothing at all, huh 
 
Chorus: x2 
Dare!

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Chord set

B · C · E · G7 · D · G · Fm7 · Am7 · Em7 · Gm7 · C7

Practice tip

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