Chords for The Stranglers: How to find true love and happiness ...

Tempo:
153.5 bpm
Chords used:

F#

C#

G#

Fm

A#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Stranglers: How to find true love and happiness ... chords
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Once [C#] I knew a man in love [D] with money.
He said it [A#m] solved his worries and his cares.
[G#] Then one [C#] day [G#] [Gm] I [C#m] heard him say [G#] [A#]
something [F#] I hear everywhere.
[G#] Once I [C#] knew a man in [A#] love [G#m] with power.
He bought him an [A#] arm and he gave [G#] it to me.
[C#]
Then one day [A#] I [C#m] heard him say [A#] there's
[G#] something he never [F#] sees.
[C#] How can you follow true love and [G#] [C#m] happiness [G#]
in the present [Fm] day?
[A#m] Tell him how [F#]
to [G#] find true love [Fm] and [F#] happiness
[G#m] in the present day.
Then a new [C#] girl
[G#] in love with [G#m] living didn't [C#] stay in one place alone.
Then [G#]
[C#m] I [A#]
heard [F#] her say [C#] [A#] she
[F#] discovered something's [D#m]
[C#] wrong.
Tell [A#m] her how to find true love [G#] and [A#] [F#] happiness in the [G#] present day.
Tell [F#] her how to find [Fm] true love and [F#] happiness in the [G#m] present day.
[Fm] [F#]
[Fm]
[F#]
[A#] [Fm]
[F#]
[F]
[Fm] [F#]
[Fm]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [Fm]
[F#]
[C#] [C] [A#]
[Fm] [C#] [C]
[C#] [Fm]
[F#]
[C#] [Fm]
[C#] [C]
[F#] [C#] [Fm]
[N]
[F#]
[C] [Bm]
[F#] [C]
Key:  
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
G#
134211114
Fm
123111111
A#
12341111
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
G#
134211114
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To learn The Stranglers - How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present Day chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: G#m, Fm, F#, C#, G#m, A#, G#, C#, A#, F# and Fm. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 76 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 154. With C# Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ _ Once [C#] I knew a man in love [D] with money. _
_ _ He said it [A#m] solved his worries _ and _ his cares. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] Then one [C#] day [G#] _ _ [Gm] I [C#m] heard him say [G#] _ _ [A#] _ _
something [F#] I hear everywhere. _ _
_ [G#] _ _ Once I [C#] knew a man _ in [A#] love _ [G#m] with power.
_ _ He bought him an [A#] arm and he gave [G#] it to me.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then one day _ _ [A#] I [C#m] heard him say _ _ [A#] there's _
[G#] _ something he never [F#] sees. _
_ [C#] _ _ How can you _ follow true love and _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] happiness [G#] _
in the _ present [Fm] day?
_ [A#m] _ Tell him how [F#]
to [G#] find true love _ [Fm] and _ _ [F#] happiness _ _
[G#m] in the _ present _ day.
_ _ Then a new [C#] girl _
[G#] in love with [G#m] living _ _ _ didn't _ [C#] stay _ in one place alone.
_ Then _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] I _ _ _ [A#] _ _
heard [F#] her say [C#] _ [A#] she _ _
[F#] _ _ discovered something's [D#m] _ _
[C#] wrong.
_ Tell [A#m] her how to find _ true love _ [G#] and _ [A#] [F#] happiness _ _ in the [G#] present day.
_ _ _ Tell [F#] her how to find [Fm] true love _ _ _ and [F#] happiness _ in the _ [G#m] present day.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [A#] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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