Chords for How To Play The Beatles It's Only Love
Tempo:
100.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
If somebody's love is in the key of C, it's using pretty straightforward chords, so it's
quite simple to play.
Actually the trickiest bit is the strum pattern from the intro.
Sounds like this.
[Am]
[C] [Am]
We're just alternating between C and A [N] minor.
Bar of C, bar of A minor, and then it repeats.
So grab yourself a C chord.
Notice that I'm sort of reinforcing it with the [F] 6-string 3rd fret as well.
That's entirely [C] optional.
You can play it as a normal C or you can add that 6-string note.
[G] Now the strum pattern [C] is this.
Down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, down, up.
In the rhythm, 1 and a 2 and 3e and 4 and.
[G] So the little quick down-ups there break the standard pattern of the right hand moving
continually in downs and ups.
It takes a little while to get used to.
C chord.
Now go to [Am] A minor, same pattern.
And then it repeats.
So here it is [C] at speed.
[Am] [C] And repeats.
[Am]
Now we get into [A] the verse itself.
Let's take it a line at a time.
This is the line from bar 5 of the tap.
[Em] I get high when I [F] see you [G] go by,
[B] my my.
[G] We're starting off with a bar that goes from C to [Ab] E minor.
Now C is as it was in [C] the introduction.
Down down up down up.
[G] But then E minor simplifies [Em] the pattern.
Down up down up.
So [C] we get 1 and a [Em] 2 and 3 and 4 and.
[C]
[Em] I get high when.
Now the next bar is going to be the same strum pattern.
It goes from B flat to F.
It may well be that John Lennon is playing B flat as a bar of
the first fret.
And the A shape, either with three fingers or with a lying down finger in front of the bar.
That's fine if you like to play your B flat like that.
I play it as a bar of the sixth fret.
Or I am here.
Bar of the sixth fret.
And the E shape in front of the bar.
Either way is going to be fine.
So the B flat has the little quick down up.
And the F is as the E minor was.
Just down up down up.
[Bb]
[F] And F can be played any way you like.
I have the fifth string third fret as well.
You can hook the thumb over or you can play it as a bar chord.
Whichever you prefer.
Or there's your four string F like that.
That works as well.
Now a [Ab] full bar of G in the same [G] strum pattern.
Down down up down up down up down up.
Not going to go over the strum pattern again though because it's like that for the rest
of the song.
Bye.
Now G augmented adds to this G chord the fourth string at the first fret.
That's [C] why for this song I like to play the G backwards like that.
So you can add that finger there and get the chord [G] that you need.
My oh my.
Okay [Gbm] then the line from bar nine is exactly the same.
[C] When [Em] you sigh my mind [F] inside [G] just flies.
[B] Butterflies.
And then the line [F] from bar thirteen.
Why am I [G] so shy when [C] I'm beside [Am] you?
It's only.
So we've got simple stuff here.
A bar of F.
[F] Why am I so.
Bar of [G] G.
Shy when I'm beside you.
A bar of C.
[C] Beside you.
And a bar [Em] of A [Am] minor.
It's only.
And that takes us into the chorus which [A] begins at bar seventeen of the tab.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
Why should I [C] feel the way [Am] I do?
It's only.
So again it starts on B flat.
Full bar.
Love and that is.
[G] A full bar of G.
All.
Why should I.
A full bar of C.
[C] Feel the way I.
And a full bar [Am] of A minor.
Do.
It's only.
[B] Now the line from bar twenty-one.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
But [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
[Em] Again it starts off with a bar of B flat going to a bar of G.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
But it's so.
A bar of [F] F.
Hard loving.
And a bar of [G] G.
You.
And then you go back to bar five.
And the verse and just play through the verse in the same way.
[C] [Em] Is it right [Bb] that you [F] and I [G] should fight every night?
I will play through the full verse.
You can [Eb] hear it's the same as it was [C] before.
Same strum pattern, same chords.
It's followed by [Eb] a chorus.
And when you get to the end of that second chorus you're going to repeat the it's so
hard loving you [F] sequence.
The F to G.
So hard [G] loving you.
Yes [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
Loving.
And on the final word you, we're into the outro from bar [C] twenty-five.
You.
[Am] [C]
[Am] I [C]
think I played the C to A minor sequence twice there before finishing.
Actually he does it three times.
Normal strum pattern.
It's just like the intro was but it's the same strum pattern as the verse and chorus
part of the song.
[Am] C to [C]
[Am] A minor.
And one more time.
[C] C to A minor.
[Am] And finish with one strum of C.
[C]
[G] And that's how the song comes to an end.
And that is It's Only Love.
[N]
quite simple to play.
Actually the trickiest bit is the strum pattern from the intro.
Sounds like this.
[Am]
[C] [Am]
We're just alternating between C and A [N] minor.
Bar of C, bar of A minor, and then it repeats.
So grab yourself a C chord.
Notice that I'm sort of reinforcing it with the [F] 6-string 3rd fret as well.
That's entirely [C] optional.
You can play it as a normal C or you can add that 6-string note.
[G] Now the strum pattern [C] is this.
Down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, down, up.
In the rhythm, 1 and a 2 and 3e and 4 and.
[G] So the little quick down-ups there break the standard pattern of the right hand moving
continually in downs and ups.
It takes a little while to get used to.
C chord.
Now go to [Am] A minor, same pattern.
And then it repeats.
So here it is [C] at speed.
[Am] [C] And repeats.
[Am]
Now we get into [A] the verse itself.
Let's take it a line at a time.
This is the line from bar 5 of the tap.
[Em] I get high when I [F] see you [G] go by,
[B] my my.
[G] We're starting off with a bar that goes from C to [Ab] E minor.
Now C is as it was in [C] the introduction.
Down down up down up.
[G] But then E minor simplifies [Em] the pattern.
Down up down up.
So [C] we get 1 and a [Em] 2 and 3 and 4 and.
[C]
[Em] I get high when.
Now the next bar is going to be the same strum pattern.
It goes from B flat to F.
It may well be that John Lennon is playing B flat as a bar of
the first fret.
And the A shape, either with three fingers or with a lying down finger in front of the bar.
That's fine if you like to play your B flat like that.
I play it as a bar of the sixth fret.
Or I am here.
Bar of the sixth fret.
And the E shape in front of the bar.
Either way is going to be fine.
So the B flat has the little quick down up.
And the F is as the E minor was.
Just down up down up.
[Bb]
[F] And F can be played any way you like.
I have the fifth string third fret as well.
You can hook the thumb over or you can play it as a bar chord.
Whichever you prefer.
Or there's your four string F like that.
That works as well.
Now a [Ab] full bar of G in the same [G] strum pattern.
Down down up down up down up down up.
Not going to go over the strum pattern again though because it's like that for the rest
of the song.
Bye.
Now G augmented adds to this G chord the fourth string at the first fret.
That's [C] why for this song I like to play the G backwards like that.
So you can add that finger there and get the chord [G] that you need.
My oh my.
Okay [Gbm] then the line from bar nine is exactly the same.
[C] When [Em] you sigh my mind [F] inside [G] just flies.
[B] Butterflies.
And then the line [F] from bar thirteen.
Why am I [G] so shy when [C] I'm beside [Am] you?
It's only.
So we've got simple stuff here.
A bar of F.
[F] Why am I so.
Bar of [G] G.
Shy when I'm beside you.
A bar of C.
[C] Beside you.
And a bar [Em] of A [Am] minor.
It's only.
And that takes us into the chorus which [A] begins at bar seventeen of the tab.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
Why should I [C] feel the way [Am] I do?
It's only.
So again it starts on B flat.
Full bar.
Love and that is.
[G] A full bar of G.
All.
Why should I.
A full bar of C.
[C] Feel the way I.
And a full bar [Am] of A minor.
Do.
It's only.
[B] Now the line from bar twenty-one.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
But [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
[Em] Again it starts off with a bar of B flat going to a bar of G.
[Bb] Love and that [G] is all.
But it's so.
A bar of [F] F.
Hard loving.
And a bar of [G] G.
You.
And then you go back to bar five.
And the verse and just play through the verse in the same way.
[C] [Em] Is it right [Bb] that you [F] and I [G] should fight every night?
I will play through the full verse.
You can [Eb] hear it's the same as it was [C] before.
Same strum pattern, same chords.
It's followed by [Eb] a chorus.
And when you get to the end of that second chorus you're going to repeat the it's so
hard loving you [F] sequence.
The F to G.
So hard [G] loving you.
Yes [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
Loving.
And on the final word you, we're into the outro from bar [C] twenty-five.
You.
[Am] [C]
[Am] I [C]
think I played the C to A minor sequence twice there before finishing.
Actually he does it three times.
Normal strum pattern.
It's just like the intro was but it's the same strum pattern as the verse and chorus
part of the song.
[Am] C to [C]
[Am] A minor.
And one more time.
[C] C to A minor.
[Am] And finish with one strum of C.
[C]
[G] And that's how the song comes to an end.
And that is It's Only Love.
[N]
Key:Ā Ā
C
G
Am
F
Em
C
G
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If somebody's love is in the key of C, it's using pretty straightforward chords, so it's
quite simple to play.
Actually the trickiest bit is the strum pattern from the intro.
Sounds like this.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ We're just alternating between C and A [N] minor.
Bar of C, bar of A minor, and then it repeats.
So grab yourself a C chord.
Notice that I'm sort of reinforcing it with the [F] 6-string 3rd fret as well.
That's entirely [C] optional.
You can play it as a normal C or you can add that 6-string note.
[G] Now the strum pattern [C] is this.
_ Down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, down, up. _ _ _ _
In the rhythm, 1 and a 2 and 3e and 4 and.
_ [G] So the little quick down-ups there _ break the standard pattern of the right hand moving
continually in downs and ups.
It takes a little while to get used to. _ _ _ _
_ C chord. _ _ _ _
_ _ Now go to [Am] A minor, same pattern. _
_ _ _ And then it repeats.
So here it is [C] at speed.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] And repeats.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now we get into [A] the verse itself.
Let's take it a line at a time.
This is the line from bar 5 of the tap.
_ [Em] I get high when I [F] see you [G] go by, _
_ [B] my my. _ _ _ _
[G] We're starting off with a bar that goes from C to [Ab] E minor.
Now C is as it was in [C] the introduction.
Down down up down up.
[G] But then E minor simplifies [Em] the pattern.
Down up down up.
So [C] we get 1 and a [Em] 2 and 3 and 4 and.
_ _ _ [C] _
[Em] I get high when. _ _ _
_ Now the next bar is going to be the same strum pattern.
It goes from B flat to F.
It may well be that John Lennon is playing B flat as a bar of
the first fret.
And the A shape, either with three fingers or with a lying down finger in front of the bar.
That's fine if you like to play your B flat like that.
I play it as a bar of the sixth fret.
Or I am here.
Bar of the sixth fret.
And the E shape in front of the bar.
Either way is going to be fine.
So the B flat has the little quick down up.
And the F is as the E minor was.
Just down up down up.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ And F can be played any way you like.
I have the fifth string third fret as well.
You can hook the thumb over or you can play it as a bar chord.
Whichever you prefer.
Or there's your four string F like that.
That works as well. _
Now a [Ab] full bar of G in the same [G] strum pattern.
Down down up down up down up down up.
Not going to go over the strum pattern again though because it's like that for the rest
of the song.
_ Bye. _ _ _
_ _ Now G augmented adds to this G chord the fourth string at the first fret.
That's [C] why for this song I like to play the G backwards like that.
So you can add that finger there and get the chord [G] that you need.
_ My oh my.
_ _ _ Okay [Gbm] then the line from bar nine is exactly the same.
_ [C] _ When [Em] you sigh my mind [F] inside [G] just flies.
_ [B] _ Butterflies. _ _ _ _
_ And then the line [F] from bar thirteen.
Why am I [G] so shy when [C] I'm beside _ [Am] you?
_ It's only. _ _
_ So we've got simple stuff here.
A bar of F.
[F] Why am I so.
Bar of [G] G.
_ Shy when I'm beside you.
A bar of C.
[C] Beside _ you.
And a bar [Em] of A [Am] minor.
_ _ It's only.
_ And that takes us into the chorus which [A] begins at bar seventeen of the tab.
[Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
Why should I [C] feel the way [Am] I do?
It's only.
_ So again it starts on B flat.
Full bar.
Love and that is.
[G] A full bar of G.
All.
_ Why should I.
A full bar of C.
[C] _ Feel the way I.
And a full bar [Am] of A minor.
Do.
_ _ It's only. _ _ _
[B] Now the line from bar twenty-one.
_ [Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
But [F] it's so _ hard [G] loving you. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Again it starts off with a bar of B flat going to a bar of G.
_ [Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
_ But it's so.
A bar of [F] F.
Hard _ _ loving.
And a bar of [G] G.
You. _ _ _
_ And then you go back to bar five.
And the verse and just play through the verse in the same way.
[C] _ [Em] Is it right [Bb] that you [F] and I [G] should fight every _ night?
I will play through the full verse.
You can [Eb] hear it's the same as it was [C] before.
Same strum pattern, same chords.
It's followed by [Eb] a chorus. _ _
And when you get to the end of that second chorus you're going to repeat the it's so
hard loving you [F] sequence.
The F to G.
So hard [G] loving you.
Yes [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
_ _ Loving.
And on the final word you, we're into the outro from bar [C] twenty-five.
You. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] I _ _ _ [C] _ _
think I played the C to A minor sequence twice there before finishing.
Actually he does it three times.
Normal strum pattern.
It's just like the intro was but it's the same strum pattern as the verse and chorus
part of the song. _ _ _
_ [Am] C to _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] A minor.
And one more time.
[C] C to A minor. _
_ [Am] And finish with one strum of C.
[C] _ _ _
[G] And that's how the song comes to an end.
And that is It's Only Love.
[N] _
_ _ If somebody's love is in the key of C, it's using pretty straightforward chords, so it's
quite simple to play.
Actually the trickiest bit is the strum pattern from the intro.
Sounds like this.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ We're just alternating between C and A [N] minor.
Bar of C, bar of A minor, and then it repeats.
So grab yourself a C chord.
Notice that I'm sort of reinforcing it with the [F] 6-string 3rd fret as well.
That's entirely [C] optional.
You can play it as a normal C or you can add that 6-string note.
[G] Now the strum pattern [C] is this.
_ Down, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, down, up. _ _ _ _
In the rhythm, 1 and a 2 and 3e and 4 and.
_ [G] So the little quick down-ups there _ break the standard pattern of the right hand moving
continually in downs and ups.
It takes a little while to get used to. _ _ _ _
_ C chord. _ _ _ _
_ _ Now go to [Am] A minor, same pattern. _
_ _ _ And then it repeats.
So here it is [C] at speed.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] And repeats.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now we get into [A] the verse itself.
Let's take it a line at a time.
This is the line from bar 5 of the tap.
_ [Em] I get high when I [F] see you [G] go by, _
_ [B] my my. _ _ _ _
[G] We're starting off with a bar that goes from C to [Ab] E minor.
Now C is as it was in [C] the introduction.
Down down up down up.
[G] But then E minor simplifies [Em] the pattern.
Down up down up.
So [C] we get 1 and a [Em] 2 and 3 and 4 and.
_ _ _ [C] _
[Em] I get high when. _ _ _
_ Now the next bar is going to be the same strum pattern.
It goes from B flat to F.
It may well be that John Lennon is playing B flat as a bar of
the first fret.
And the A shape, either with three fingers or with a lying down finger in front of the bar.
That's fine if you like to play your B flat like that.
I play it as a bar of the sixth fret.
Or I am here.
Bar of the sixth fret.
And the E shape in front of the bar.
Either way is going to be fine.
So the B flat has the little quick down up.
And the F is as the E minor was.
Just down up down up.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ And F can be played any way you like.
I have the fifth string third fret as well.
You can hook the thumb over or you can play it as a bar chord.
Whichever you prefer.
Or there's your four string F like that.
That works as well. _
Now a [Ab] full bar of G in the same [G] strum pattern.
Down down up down up down up down up.
Not going to go over the strum pattern again though because it's like that for the rest
of the song.
_ Bye. _ _ _
_ _ Now G augmented adds to this G chord the fourth string at the first fret.
That's [C] why for this song I like to play the G backwards like that.
So you can add that finger there and get the chord [G] that you need.
_ My oh my.
_ _ _ Okay [Gbm] then the line from bar nine is exactly the same.
_ [C] _ When [Em] you sigh my mind [F] inside [G] just flies.
_ [B] _ Butterflies. _ _ _ _
_ And then the line [F] from bar thirteen.
Why am I [G] so shy when [C] I'm beside _ [Am] you?
_ It's only. _ _
_ So we've got simple stuff here.
A bar of F.
[F] Why am I so.
Bar of [G] G.
_ Shy when I'm beside you.
A bar of C.
[C] Beside _ you.
And a bar [Em] of A [Am] minor.
_ _ It's only.
_ And that takes us into the chorus which [A] begins at bar seventeen of the tab.
[Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
Why should I [C] feel the way [Am] I do?
It's only.
_ So again it starts on B flat.
Full bar.
Love and that is.
[G] A full bar of G.
All.
_ Why should I.
A full bar of C.
[C] _ Feel the way I.
And a full bar [Am] of A minor.
Do.
_ _ It's only. _ _ _
[B] Now the line from bar twenty-one.
_ [Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
But [F] it's so _ hard [G] loving you. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Again it starts off with a bar of B flat going to a bar of G.
_ [Bb] _ Love and that [G] is all.
_ But it's so.
A bar of [F] F.
Hard _ _ loving.
And a bar of [G] G.
You. _ _ _
_ And then you go back to bar five.
And the verse and just play through the verse in the same way.
[C] _ [Em] Is it right [Bb] that you [F] and I [G] should fight every _ night?
I will play through the full verse.
You can [Eb] hear it's the same as it was [C] before.
Same strum pattern, same chords.
It's followed by [Eb] a chorus. _ _
And when you get to the end of that second chorus you're going to repeat the it's so
hard loving you [F] sequence.
The F to G.
So hard [G] loving you.
Yes [F] it's so hard [G] loving you.
_ _ Loving.
And on the final word you, we're into the outro from bar [C] twenty-five.
You. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] I _ _ _ [C] _ _
think I played the C to A minor sequence twice there before finishing.
Actually he does it three times.
Normal strum pattern.
It's just like the intro was but it's the same strum pattern as the verse and chorus
part of the song. _ _ _
_ [Am] C to _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] A minor.
And one more time.
[C] C to A minor. _
_ [Am] And finish with one strum of C.
[C] _ _ _
[G] And that's how the song comes to an end.
And that is It's Only Love.
[N] _