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English Love Affair

5 Seconds of Summer

PopMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Am×
F
G
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: Am, F, G, E 
 
 Am                    F  
It started on a weekend in May 
 G  
I was looking for attention 
E  
needed intervention 
 
 Am                 F  
Felt somebody looking at me 
  G  
With a powder white complexion 
 E (stop) 
feeling the connection 
 
 F                  G  
The way she looked was so ridiculous 
E  
Every single step 
  Am  
Had me waiting for the next 
 
F                  G  
Before I knew it, it was serious 
E  
Dragged me out the bar 
E  
To the backseat of a car 
 
    Am  
When the lights go out, 
            F  
she's all I ever think about 
               G  
The picture burning in my brain 
  G 
kissing in the rain 
E                          Am 
I can't forget my English love affair 
                   F 
Today, I'm seven thousand miles away 
            G 
The movie playing in my head 
  G 
Of her king size bed 
   E 
Means I can't forget my 
          Am, F, G 
English love affair 
 
E
My English love affair 
 
Am                        F 
Next thing we were back at her place 
G                    
A hideaway in Mayfair  
E 
all the great and good there 
 
Am                       F 
Drinking all the way to third base 
G 
Princes getting naked 
E(stop) 
Falling on their faces 
 
F               G  
The story line was so ridiculous 
E                         
Every single step had me  
Am 
begging for the next 
 
F                  G 
Before I knew it, it was serious 
E 
Dragged me up the stairs and it 
E 
wasn't ending there 
 
    Am 
When the lights go out, 
            F 
she's all I ever think about 
               G 
The picture burning in my brain 
  G 
kissing in the rain 
E                           Am 
I can't forget my English love affair 
                     F 
Today, I'm seven thousand miles away 
            G 
The movie playing in my head 
  G 
Of her king size bed 
  E 
Means I can't forget my 
          Am  F  G  E 
English love affair 
 
      F 
When I got out I knew that 
 
nobody I knew would be 
G 
believing me 
       F 
I look back now and know that 
 
nobody could ever take the 
G 
memory 
 
    Am 
When the lights go out, 
            F 
she's all I ever think about 
               G 
The picture burning in my brain 
  G 
kissing in the rain 
E                           Am 
I can't forget my English love affair 
                     F 
Today, I'm seven thousand miles away 
            G 
The movie playing in my head 
  G 
Of her king size bed 
   E 
Means I can't forget my 
           Am  F  G 
English love affair 
 
E            Am, F, G 
My English love affair 
 
E            Am 
My English love affair 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · F · G · E

Practice tip

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