Chords for Joan Baez - Love Is Just A Four Letter Word (lyrics)

Tempo:
80.95 bpm
Chords used:

D

Am

Em

G

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Joan Baez - Love Is Just A Four Letter Word (lyrics) chords
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[D] Seems like only [Em] yesterday 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 on her [Am] knee
[D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
[D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
[D] The phrase in connection [Am] first with she [C] [D] occurred
That love is just a four letter [G]
word
Outside [D] a rattling storefront, oh [Em] cats and gobs, break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, [Em] I had no words to say
My [D]
experience was limited and [Am] underfed
[D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
To [D] the one who was the father of [Am] your kid
[D] You probably didn't think [Am] I did, [C] but I [D]
heard
You say [A] that love is just [D] a four letter [G]
word
I [D] said goodbye and pushed [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Drifting in and out, [Em] mentionable by name
[D]
Searching for my double, [Am] looking for
[D]
Complete evaporation to [Am] the core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
[D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing [C] more [D] absurd
Than that love is just a four [G] letter word
Though [D] I never guessed what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of [Em] me 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 [D] assured
That love is just a four letter [G]
word
Strange [D] it is to be beside you many [Em] years
The tables turn, [D] you'd probably leave 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 plea
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 [D]
heard
That love is just a four letter [G]
word
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
Am
2311
Em
121
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Am
2311
Em
121
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To start learning Joan Baez - Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: C, D, Am, D, Am and C. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 81 BPM and then match the original tempo of 162 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of G Major in mind.

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[D] Seems like only [Em] yesterday 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 on her [Am] knee
[D] Yet spoke of life most free from [Am] slavery
_ _ [D] With eyes that showed no trace of [Am] misery
_ _ [D] The phrase in connection [Am] first with she [C] _ [D] occurred
_ _ That love is just a four letter [G]
word
_ _ _ _ Outside [D] a rattling storefront, oh [Em] cats and gobs, break of day
[D] Me, I kept my mouth shut to you, [Em] I had no words to say
My [D]
experience was limited and [Am] _ underfed
[D] You were talking while [Am] I hid
To [D] the one who was the father of [Am] your kid
_ [D] You probably didn't think [Am] I did, [C] but I [D]
heard
You say [A] that love is just [D] a four letter [G]
word
_ _ _ _ I [D] said goodbye and pushed [Em] forth into my own games
[D] Drifting in and out, _ _ [Em] mentionable by name
[D]
Searching for my double, [Am] looking for
_ _ [D]
Complete evaporation to [Am] the core
Though [D] I tried and failed at finding [Am] any door
_ [D] I must have thought that there was [Am] nothing [C] more [D] absurd
_ _ Than that love is just a four [G] letter word
_ _ _ _ Though [D] I never guessed what you meant [Em] when you were speaking to your man
[D] I could only think in terms of [Em] me 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 _ [D] assured
_ _ That love is just a four letter [G] _
word
_ _ _ Strange [D] it is to be beside you many [Em] years
The tables turn, [D] you'd probably leave 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 plea
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 [D] _
heard
That love is just a four letter [G]
word _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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