Love Is

Alannah Myles

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon

C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Verse 
 
G 
Hard to get 
G 
Impossible to hold 
G 
Straight as an arrow 
G 
Like a burnin' fuse 
G 
In the long cold dawn 
G 
By the side of the road 
G 
A hopeless case 
A perfect thing 
 
 
G 
Love is ... what you want it to be 
G 
Love is ... heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D    C   D 
Cause love is what I've got for you 
 
Bridge 
G 
Close my eyes 
G 
Search the stars 
G 
Cry for help 
G 
Wake up cold 
G 
You're in my system 
G 
Under my skin 
G 
Raw emotion 
Please don't go 
 
 
G 
Love is .... What you want it to be 
G 
(Love is) .... Heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D     C  B 
Cause love is what I've got for you 
 
 
Bridge:
 
E 
Can't live on promises 
Won't sleep with lies 
C#m 
Don't understand the things you say 
Til I read 'em in your eyes 
E 
Gotta run on instinct, gotta go by feel 
C#m 
Gotta trust my senses 
D 
To know if it's for real 
 
Solo: G  G  G  G  G  G  G  C D C B 
 
 
Bridge:
E 
Can't live on promises 
Won't sleep with lies 
C#m 
Don't understand the things you say 
Til I read 'em in your eyes 
E 
Gotta run on instinct, gotta go by feel 
C#m 
Gotta trust my senses 
D 
E - HEY 
 
 
G 
(Love is) .... What you want it to be 
G 
Love is  .... Heaven to the lonely 
Show me what you want me to do 
C                       C       D     C  B 
Cause love is what I've got for you 
 
Outro 
G 
Love is (Love is) 
G 
(Love is) Love is 
G 
(Show me) 
G         C D C D 
He - hey 
 
(fade out)

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Chord set

G · C · D · B · E · C#m

Practice tip

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