Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word Chords by Joan Baez
Tempo:
81.025 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
Em
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[D] Seems like only yesterday [Em] I left my mind behind
[D] Down in the gypsy cafe [Em] with a friend of a friend of mine
[D] Who sat with baby heavy [Em] on her [Am] knee
[D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
[D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
The [D] phrase in connection first [Am] with she
[C] Oh [D] girl, that love is just a four letter [G] word
Outside [D] around
[Em] the break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, I [Em] had no words to say
[D] My experience was limited and [Am] underfed
[D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
[D] To the one who was the father [Am] of your kid
You [D] probably didn't think I [Am] [C] did, but [D] I heard
You say that love is just a four [G] letter word
I [D] said goodbye [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Crypting in an
[Em] unmentionable by name
[D] Searching for my double, looking [Am] for
[D] Complete evaporation to the [Am] core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
[D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing more [C] [D] absurd
Than that love is just a four letter [G] word
Though [D] I never heard what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of me [Em] and now I understand
[D] After waking enough times to [Am] think I see
The [D] holy kiss that's supposed to last [Am] eternity
[D] Blow up in smoke, it's [Am] destiny
[D] Falls on strangers, [Am] travels free
Yes [D] I know now traps are only set [Am] by me
And [D] I do not really need [Am] to be
[C] That [D]
love is just a four letter [G] word
Strange [D] it is to be beside many [Em] in the tables turned
[D] You'd probably laugh if [Em] I told you all I've learned
[D] And it is very, very weird [Am] indeed
[D] To hear words like [Am] forever fleet
Though [D] ships run through my mind I [Am] cannot cheat
It's [D] like looking in a teacher's [Am] face complete
[D] I can say nothing to you but [Am] repeat
[C] What I [G] [D] heard
That love is just a four letter [G] word
[D] Seems like only yesterday [Em] I left my mind behind
[D] Down in the gypsy cafe [Em] with a friend of a friend of mine
[D] Who sat with baby heavy [Em] on her [Am] knee
[D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
[D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
The [D] phrase in connection first [Am] with she
[C] Oh [D] girl, that love is just a four letter [G] word
Outside [D] around
[Em] the break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, I [Em] had no words to say
[D] My experience was limited and [Am] underfed
[D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
[D] To the one who was the father [Am] of your kid
You [D] probably didn't think I [Am] [C] did, but [D] I heard
You say that love is just a four [G] letter word
I [D] said goodbye [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Crypting in an
[Em] unmentionable by name
[D] Searching for my double, looking [Am] for
[D] Complete evaporation to the [Am] core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
[D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing more [C] [D] absurd
Than that love is just a four letter [G] word
Though [D] I never heard what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of me [Em] and now I understand
[D] After waking enough times to [Am] think I see
The [D] holy kiss that's supposed to last [Am] eternity
[D] Blow up in smoke, it's [Am] destiny
[D] Falls on strangers, [Am] travels free
Yes [D] I know now traps are only set [Am] by me
And [D] I do not really need [Am] to be
[C] That [D]
love is just a four letter [G] word
Strange [D] it is to be beside many [Em] in the tables turned
[D] You'd probably laugh if [Em] I told you all I've learned
[D] And it is very, very weird [Am] indeed
[D] To hear words like [Am] forever fleet
Though [D] ships run through my mind I [Am] cannot cheat
It's [D] like looking in a teacher's [Am] face complete
[D] I can say nothing to you but [Am] repeat
[C] What I [G] [D] heard
That love is just a four letter [G] word
Key:
D
Am
Em
G
C
D
Am
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Seems like only yesterday [Em] I left my mind behind
[D] Down in the gypsy cafe [Em] with a friend of a friend of mine
[D] Who sat with baby heavy [Em] on her [Am] knee
_ [D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
_ _ [D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
_ The [D] phrase in connection first [Am] with she
[C] Oh [D] girl, _ that love is just a four letter [G] word _ _
_ _ Outside [D] around _ _ _
[Em] the break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, I [Em] had no words to say
[D] My experience was limited and [Am] underfed
_ [D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
[D] To the one who was the father [Am] of your kid
_ You [D] probably didn't think I [Am] [C] did, but [D] I heard
You say that love is just a four [G] letter word
I _ _ _ [D] said goodbye _ [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Crypting in an _ _
[Em] unmentionable by name
[D] Searching for my double, looking [Am] for
_ [D] Complete evaporation to the [Am] core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
_ [D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing more [C] _ [D] absurd
_ Than that love is just a four letter [G] _ _ word
Though _ [D] I never heard what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of me [Em] and now I understand
[D] After waking enough times to [Am] think I see
The [D] holy kiss that's supposed to last [Am] eternity
_ _ [D] Blow up in smoke, it's [Am] destiny
_ _ [D] Falls on strangers, [Am] travels free
Yes [D] I know now traps are only set [Am] by me
And [D] I do not really need [Am] to be
[C] That [D] _ _ _
love is just a four letter [G] _ word
Strange _ _ [D] it is to be beside many [Em] in the tables turned
[D] You'd probably laugh if [Em] I told you all I've learned
[D] And it is very, very weird [Am] indeed
_ [D] To hear words like [Am] forever fleet
Though [D] ships run through my mind I [Am] cannot cheat
_ It's [D] like looking in a teacher's [Am] face complete
_ _ [D] I can say nothing to you but [Am] repeat
[C] What I [G] _ [D] heard
That love is just a four letter [G] word _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Seems like only yesterday [Em] I left my mind behind
[D] Down in the gypsy cafe [Em] with a friend of a friend of mine
[D] Who sat with baby heavy [Em] on her [Am] knee
_ [D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
_ _ [D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
_ The [D] phrase in connection first [Am] with she
[C] Oh [D] girl, _ that love is just a four letter [G] word _ _
_ _ Outside [D] around _ _ _
[Em] the break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, I [Em] had no words to say
[D] My experience was limited and [Am] underfed
_ [D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
[D] To the one who was the father [Am] of your kid
_ You [D] probably didn't think I [Am] [C] did, but [D] I heard
You say that love is just a four [G] letter word
I _ _ _ [D] said goodbye _ [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Crypting in an _ _
[Em] unmentionable by name
[D] Searching for my double, looking [Am] for
_ [D] Complete evaporation to the [Am] core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
_ [D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing more [C] _ [D] absurd
_ Than that love is just a four letter [G] _ _ word
Though _ [D] I never heard what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of me [Em] and now I understand
[D] After waking enough times to [Am] think I see
The [D] holy kiss that's supposed to last [Am] eternity
_ _ [D] Blow up in smoke, it's [Am] destiny
_ _ [D] Falls on strangers, [Am] travels free
Yes [D] I know now traps are only set [Am] by me
And [D] I do not really need [Am] to be
[C] That [D] _ _ _
love is just a four letter [G] _ word
Strange _ _ [D] it is to be beside many [Em] in the tables turned
[D] You'd probably laugh if [Em] I told you all I've learned
[D] And it is very, very weird [Am] indeed
_ [D] To hear words like [Am] forever fleet
Though [D] ships run through my mind I [Am] cannot cheat
_ It's [D] like looking in a teacher's [Am] face complete
_ _ [D] I can say nothing to you but [Am] repeat
[C] What I [G] _ [D] heard
That love is just a four letter [G] word _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _