VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by ScaleSorcery
To learn Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: B, E, F#, C#m, B, F#, E, F#, Eb, Abm. Start with a comfortable 31 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 63. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: B.
B _ _ _
F# _ _
G#m _ _
D#m _ .
_
C#m _ _
B _ _ _
F# I _
B had
F# it all,
D#m G#m but I let it slip
B away
C#m Couldn't see
B how to read
F# it, you're all _ .
_
B Now I wonder
F# why,
G#m feeling down
B _ .
_
C#m Trying
B to believe that you're
F# gone _ .
E Love
F# takes time to heal you when you're hurting so
G#m much.
Couldn't see
E that I
F# was blind
D# to letting _
G#m _ .
B _
E you
F# inside.
D# Cause love takes
G#m time
C#m I don't wanna be
B here, I don't wanna be here alone.
_
F# _ _
C#m _
B _ _ .
E B Losing my
F# mind from this hollow in my heart _
C#m Suddenly
B I'm so
F# weak _ _ .
_
B _ _
F# Tell
G#m me how, _
D#m _ .
G#m _
C#m B tears are falling down endlessly.
F# _ .
To
E _ _
F# _
D#m heal you when you're hurting so
G#m much Couldn't see
E that I _
F# was
D# blind to letting _
G#m _ .
F# _
E you
F# inside.
D# Cause love takes
G#m time _
C#m I don't wanna be here,
E I don't wanna be
C#m here
B alone.
C# _
B _
G#m _ _
D# _ .
G#m Letting someone else _ _ _ _
D# _ .
_
G#m _ _ _ _ _
D# in to
G#m heal _ _ _
C#m _ _ _ .
_
B _ _
F# _ _
E _ _
F# _ .
_
D#m you when you're hurting
G#m so
B much.
Couldn't
E see that I.
F# _ .
_
D# _ _
G#m _
F# _
E _ _
F# _ .
_
D# Love takes
G#m B time.
C#m I don't wanna be here,
E I don't wanna be
C#m here
B alone.
_
F# _ _
C#m _
B _
E _ _ _
B _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .