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This Alone is Love

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RockAdvanced for beginners14 chords

How to play it

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

GmDiagram coming soon
Dm××○
C×○○
CmDiagram coming soon
F
Asus4Diagram coming soon
A×○○
Gsus4Diagram coming soon
G○○○
D××○
Em○○○○
Bsus4Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm 
 
      Gm           Dm          Gm    Dm 
This alone is love,   no small thing 
      C            Cm      Dm      Gm     Dm 
This alone is love,   that my love brings 
    Gm        Dm                    Gm            Dm 
And all of us    who are travelling by trap doors 
                C              Cm         F      Dm    Gm 
Our souls are a myriad of wars    and I'm losing every one 
 
Dm      Dm(maj7) Asus4            A        Gsus4  G      Gm 
It will make my  last breath pass out at dawn,      at dawn 
Dm      Dm(maj7) Asus4   A                  Gsus4  G          Gm 
It will make my  body dissolve out in the blue,      ooh, for you 
   D     Cm           Gm  Dm 
Oh baby, what can we do? 
 
      Gm           Dm          Gm    Dm 
This alone is love,   no small thing 
      C            Cm      Dm      Gm     Dm 
This alone is love,   that my love brings 
    Gm        Dm                    Gm            Dm 
And all of us    who are travelling by trap doors 
                C              Cm         F      Dm    Gm 
Our souls are a myriad of wars    and I'm losing every one 
 
Dm      Dm(maj7) Asus4            A         Gsus4  G      Gm 
It will make my  last breath pass out at dawn,       at dawn 
Dm      Dm(maj7) Asus4   A                  Gsus4  G          Gm 
It will make my  body dissolve out in the blue,      ooh, for you 
Dm      Dm(maj7) Asus4   A                  Gsus4  G          Gm 
It will make my  body dissolve out in the blue,      ooh, for you 
   D     Cm           Gm  Dm 
Oh baby, what can we do? 
 
Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm  C  Cm  F  Dm  Gm 
 
Em      Em(maj7) Bsus4            B         Asus4  A      Am 
It will make my  last breath pass out at dawn,       at dawn 
Em      Em(maj7) Bsus4   B                  Asus4  A          Am 
It will make my  body dissolve out in the blue,      ooh, for you 
    Em      Em(maj7) Bsus4            B         Asus4  A      Am 
Oh, it will make my  last breath pass out at dawn,       at dawn 
Em      Em(maj7) Bsus4   B                  Asus4  A          Am 
It will make my  body dissolve out in the blue,      ooh, for you 
 
Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am  Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am    
Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am  Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am    
Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am  Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am    
Em  Em(maj7)  Bsus4  B  Asus4  A  Am    
 
   B     Am6       (NC) 
Oh baby, what can we do? 
 
 
Dm(maj7): XX0221 
Em(maj7): 779887

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Chord set

Gm · Dm · C · Cm · F · Asus4 · A · Gsus4 · G · D · Em · Bsus4 · B · Am

Practice tip

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