Perfect Love
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BbCapotraste:
3rd traste
As recorded by Marc Cohn
(From the 1991 Album MARC COHN)
Capo 3rd fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +3 steps.
[Intro]
G A G A
[Verse 1]
G A
Down by the boathouse at Shaker Lake
G A
When there wasn't nothing but love to make
G A G A
They were two young lovers wishing on the stars above
G A
Well, they carved their initials in an old birch tree
G A
With a heart and an arrow and a sixty-three
G
You had to be blind not to see
[Refrain]
A G A
It was a perfect love
G
It was a perfect love
A
Ooh yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
G A G
Well, they worked one summer together at the '64 World's Fair
A G
They met Robert Kennedy there
A G A
Well, that was right before the fall
G A
And they saved up a little money for his career
G A
And they talked about the future underneath the giant sphere
G
And all around them the little voices were singing
A G
"It's a small world after all"
A G
Yes it is - small world after all
A G
And it was -
[Refrain]
A
Perfect love
G
It was a perfect love
G
(Under the moon and the stars above)
A
Ooh yeah yeah
A
(It was a perfect love)
[Bridge]
Bm G Bm G
Now they were dizzy from dancing on Rockaway Beach
A
They came to Rockaway
Bm G Bm G
Yeah and everything they dreamed of was still within reach
A
Dreaming...
[Verse 3]
A G
Dreaming as the years roll by
A G
(Like they always do)
A
Well, they had their share of hard times too
G
But whatever they were
A D G A
They never let it get them down
G A
Now, they just go walking down a country lane
G A
See the leaves are changing in the misty rain
Bm G D A
And only one thing remains the same -
G A
Whoa, ooh yeah yeah
[Refrain]
G
Just the perfect love
G
Under the moon and the stars above
A
(Ooh yeah yeah)
G A
It was a perfect love
A G
(Keep talking 'bout) the perfect love
G
Perfect love
A
Oh, yeah, yeah
A G
(People keep talking)
[Outro]
A
Oh yeah, yeah yeah yeah
A
(People keep talking 'bout the perfect love)
A
Dizzy from dancing
G
Under the moon and the stars above
A
It was a (People keep talking) perfect love
G A
Yeah, well well well well well well
G A
Under the moon and the stars above
G A G A D
How to play Perfect Love
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.