Chords for Rod Stewart - Ain’t Love A Bitch (Official Video)
Tempo:
125.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
G
Bm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G]
[Am] [C] [Bm] Been in pain [Am] and I've been in shame, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] [C] I've been [Bm] in fights, locked [Am] away for nights, but ain't love a bitch.
paled, [Am] strung up and nailed, left without a stick.
taxed [Am] and finally axed, [Dm] but ain't love a bitch.
I didn't understand [C] till I was seventeen.
took me way upstairs and [C] she wiped me clean.
[C] [G]
[Am] [C] [Bm] Been in pain [Am] and I've been in shame, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] [C] I've been [Bm] in fights, locked [Am] away for nights, but ain't love a bitch.
paled, [Am] strung up and nailed, left without a stick.
taxed [Am] and finally axed, [Dm] but ain't love a bitch.
I didn't understand [C] till I was seventeen.
took me way upstairs and [C] she wiped me clean.
100% ➙ 125BPM
C
Am
G
Bm
F
C
Am
G
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] Been in pain [Am] and I've been in shame, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] I've been [Bm] in fights, locked [Am] away for nights, but ain't love a bitch.
_ [F] _ [C] I've been tailed [Bm] and paled, [Am] strung up and nailed, left without a stick.
_ _ [C] I've been scratched [Bm] and taxed [Am] and finally axed, [Dm] but ain't love a bitch.
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, I didn't understand [C] till I was seventeen.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] She took me way upstairs and [C] she wiped me clean.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
Oh, I'm _ _ _ _ [F] the first-class fool I've ever been.
_ _ [Dm] _
Oh, Maggie, if you're still [F] out there, [G] the rest is history.
_ _ _ _ [C]
You're [Bm] all alone [Am] in the freezing cold by the end of life.
[F] _ _ _ [C] Your pain [G] and love make [Am] you feel numb [Dm] because you've been [F] let down.
_ _ [C] You thought [Bm] you were [Am] right and kind of tough, but maybe I'm too rich.
_ _ [C]
You're acting [Bm] straight, playing [Am] hard and sick, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ Oh, I'm the state [F] life here [C] I've been there before. _ _ _
[Dm] My eyes were closed and so, my friends, [C] I still don't know the score.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] Oh, I don't understand the [F] strength of it.
_ _ Yeah, [Dm] it may be wise to [F] _
analyze even [G] the cause of it. _ _ _
[C] _ You're [Bm] driving home [Am] late one night and on the _ _ [F] radio _ _
_ [C] _ [G] comes an old [Am] familiar song you [Dm] used to know so well.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ Oh, I can't comprehend [C] this thing called love.
_ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ Maggie, it's a matter of fact [C] I just can't go on. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Without safety, all I have [F] is you by my side. _
_ _ [Dm] _ All I _ _ really want is [G] one _ sweet angel that can make me smile.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] Oh, yeah.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a bitch?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
You're very [G] sure it ain't.
[Am] Wilds and hurricanes, I'm the one you admire down here.
_ _ _ _ [C]
You're very [Bm] firm, paid, and [Am] you're teaming again, but ain't love a bitch.
_ _ You [C] can't lose [G] your [Am] job, your home, and your head, but ain't love a bitch.
_ _ _ _ [C]
Take [Bm] it or leave [Am] it, someday you'll feel it, cause love is the bitch.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a [Am] bitch.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't love [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] a bitch.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a bitch.
[Am] _ _ _ [C] Ain't love [G] a bitch.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] Been in pain [Am] and I've been in shame, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] I've been [Bm] in fights, locked [Am] away for nights, but ain't love a bitch.
_ [F] _ [C] I've been tailed [Bm] and paled, [Am] strung up and nailed, left without a stick.
_ _ [C] I've been scratched [Bm] and taxed [Am] and finally axed, [Dm] but ain't love a bitch.
[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, I didn't understand [C] till I was seventeen.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] She took me way upstairs and [C] she wiped me clean.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
Oh, I'm _ _ _ _ [F] the first-class fool I've ever been.
_ _ [Dm] _
Oh, Maggie, if you're still [F] out there, [G] the rest is history.
_ _ _ _ [C]
You're [Bm] all alone [Am] in the freezing cold by the end of life.
[F] _ _ _ [C] Your pain [G] and love make [Am] you feel numb [Dm] because you've been [F] let down.
_ _ [C] You thought [Bm] you were [Am] right and kind of tough, but maybe I'm too rich.
_ _ [C]
You're acting [Bm] straight, playing [Am] hard and sick, but ain't love a bitch.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ Oh, I'm the state [F] life here [C] I've been there before. _ _ _
[Dm] My eyes were closed and so, my friends, [C] I still don't know the score.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] Oh, I don't understand the [F] strength of it.
_ _ Yeah, [Dm] it may be wise to [F] _
analyze even [G] the cause of it. _ _ _
[C] _ You're [Bm] driving home [Am] late one night and on the _ _ [F] radio _ _
_ [C] _ [G] comes an old [Am] familiar song you [Dm] used to know so well.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ Oh, I can't comprehend [C] this thing called love.
_ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ Maggie, it's a matter of fact [C] I just can't go on. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Without safety, all I have [F] is you by my side. _
_ _ [Dm] _ All I _ _ really want is [G] one _ sweet angel that can make me smile.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] Oh, yeah.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a bitch?
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
You're very [G] sure it ain't.
[Am] Wilds and hurricanes, I'm the one you admire down here.
_ _ _ _ [C]
You're very [Bm] firm, paid, and [Am] you're teaming again, but ain't love a bitch.
_ _ You [C] can't lose [G] your [Am] job, your home, and your head, but ain't love a bitch.
_ _ _ _ [C]
Take [Bm] it or leave [Am] it, someday you'll feel it, cause love is the bitch.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a [Am] bitch.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't love [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] a bitch.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ain't [G] love a bitch.
[Am] _ _ _ [C] Ain't love [G] a bitch.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] _